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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 123795" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p><strong>Re: first groups out of new rifle</strong></p><p></p><p>If the third shot is ALWAYS the flier and 4 and 5 land with 1-2 I don't think that its the scope , the few times I see scopes go bad the gun shot great then shot terrible until the scope was replaced , I seriously doubt that the scope would shift POI after the second shot then return after the third. Just to make sure you could shoot a sesion of "around the box" to see if the scope is tracking properly and if it is i don't think that the reticle is shifting</p><p>Try shooting a group of five shots but wait several min between rounds so that the barrel is the same temp after each shot. I have seen barrel that would start to walk as they heated up but once they got so hot that they "drew" into the stock and made contact they settled back down , this is the reason I like to have around 1/8" around my floated barrels , it alows them to heat and cool evenly and their is no chance of the barrel making contact.</p><p>It could be as simple as making a little more room in the barrel chanel or you might have the barrel cryoed , that tends to help alot with factory guns that "walk" as they heat up.</p><p></p><p>Is this gun bedded at all? a good glass or piller bedding and a little more room in the barrel chanel may make a </p><p>so-so rig into a good shooter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 123795, member: 8843"] [b]Re: first groups out of new rifle[/b] If the third shot is ALWAYS the flier and 4 and 5 land with 1-2 I don't think that its the scope , the few times I see scopes go bad the gun shot great then shot terrible until the scope was replaced , I seriously doubt that the scope would shift POI after the second shot then return after the third. Just to make sure you could shoot a sesion of "around the box" to see if the scope is tracking properly and if it is i don't think that the reticle is shifting Try shooting a group of five shots but wait several min between rounds so that the barrel is the same temp after each shot. I have seen barrel that would start to walk as they heated up but once they got so hot that they "drew" into the stock and made contact they settled back down , this is the reason I like to have around 1/8" around my floated barrels , it alows them to heat and cool evenly and their is no chance of the barrel making contact. It could be as simple as making a little more room in the barrel chanel or you might have the barrel cryoed , that tends to help alot with factory guns that "walk" as they heat up. Is this gun bedded at all? a good glass or piller bedding and a little more room in the barrel chanel may make a so-so rig into a good shooter. [/QUOTE]
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