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The Basics, Starting Out
New rifle with a few questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Doom2" data-source="post: 1652659" data-attributes="member: 108323"><p>I was curious, especially if you were using a bipod. Your observation on vertical jump vs horizontal mirrors my experience.</p><p></p><p>The tendency to jump to the side is caused by unequal pressure on the side of the rifle. Pay attention to pulling the rifle straight back into you shoulder pocket without putting pressure on the side, unless you are using two hands on the stock. Even then minimize any side pressure.</p><p></p><p>Also, make sure the swivels are not hanging up on the bags/rests during recoil.</p><p></p><p>You asked about the copper near the muzzle. It sounds as if this barrel is pretty rough. When you remove copper you need to get copper off the high spots. That is the copper that hurts accuracy. Any copper in the pits is pretty much inconsequential in terms of accuracy. Don't kill yourself trying to get every trace of copper out of the barrel at this point. You may need more rounds through this rifle for it to settle in. Buy some 150gr fmj rounds to shoot with until the rifle settles in.</p><p> </p><p>Your expectation of sub MOA with factory hunting ammo is probably unrealistic. I would think you should expect something more in the 1 to 1.5 MOA.</p><p></p><p>Most of all, good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doom2, post: 1652659, member: 108323"] I was curious, especially if you were using a bipod. Your observation on vertical jump vs horizontal mirrors my experience. The tendency to jump to the side is caused by unequal pressure on the side of the rifle. Pay attention to pulling the rifle straight back into you shoulder pocket without putting pressure on the side, unless you are using two hands on the stock. Even then minimize any side pressure. Also, make sure the swivels are not hanging up on the bags/rests during recoil. You asked about the copper near the muzzle. It sounds as if this barrel is pretty rough. When you remove copper you need to get copper off the high spots. That is the copper that hurts accuracy. Any copper in the pits is pretty much inconsequential in terms of accuracy. Don’t kill yourself trying to get every trace of copper out of the barrel at this point. You may need more rounds through this rifle for it to settle in. Buy some 150gr fmj rounds to shoot with until the rifle settles in. Your expectation of sub MOA with factory hunting ammo is probably unrealistic. I would think you should expect something more in the 1 to 1.5 MOA. Most of all, good luck. [/QUOTE]
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