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Rifle shooting high consistently with drop chart
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<blockquote data-quote="smokeumm" data-source="post: 1126308" data-attributes="member: 20626"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">It's not uncommon to see an increase of 100-200 fps invelocity once your rifle brakes in (normally 75-150 rounds for complete brake in). Do not trust chronographs for perfect total speed, I use them for speed consistency during load development. To find perfect bullet speed, you will have to tweak speed up or down in your calculation, after you validated groupings. I'm guessing your zero is not perfect and your speed is not perfect. Check zero and bump speed up. Shot at 200, 300, 400, 500 and so on, that will give you have great picture of your bullet drop and how well your chart is. I have a hard time controlling the kick of my 7 stw. Try not to free shoot your rifle (by only touching the gun with you trigger hand). Put some downward pressure on the front of your sling so eliminate jump. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smokeumm, post: 1126308, member: 20626"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]It's not uncommon to see an increase of 100-200 fps invelocity once your rifle brakes in (normally 75-150 rounds for complete brake in). Do not trust chronographs for perfect total speed, I use them for speed consistency during load development. To find perfect bullet speed, you will have to tweak speed up or down in your calculation, after you validated groupings. I’m guessing your zero is not perfect and your speed is not perfect. Check zero and bump speed up. Shot at 200, 300, 400, 500 and so on, that will give you have great picture of your bullet drop and how well your chart is. I have a hard time controlling the kick of my 7 stw. Try not to free shoot your rifle (by only touching the gun with you trigger hand). Put some downward pressure on the front of your sling so eliminate jump. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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