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Savage Axis 30-06, im not shooting it well..
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<blockquote data-quote="Joelb58" data-source="post: 935182" data-attributes="member: 78949"><p>Hello-</p><p></p><p>I am somewhat new to shooting a rifle so I apologize in advance if my questions are dumb. Out today with my savage axis 30-06 that I received as a gift. My second time shooting it...</p><p></p><p>Shooting at 100 yards using a caldwell front and rear rest. Shooting 180 grain remington core lokts for the majority of the shots, some nosler trophy grade 180s for the rest.</p><p></p><p>First shot was well off the target, I chalked this up to some oil being in barrel from last cleaning. </p><p></p><p>I then proceeded to shoot roughly 35 shots in a 1 hour period. They were roughly inline with where I was aiming. Groups were not great but 95% would be kill shots on a bear (I am getting ready for a spring hunt).</p><p></p><p>Anyway, as I approached my 40th shot, the bullets started flying well off target. Placement was erratic and groups were nowhere near "groups". Someone suggested this might have been from the barrel heating up (it was 40 degrees outside). Is that a possible explanation?</p><p></p><p>I really do not think I was doing anything to change my tactics and still shooting from the rest.</p><p></p><p>I will note that I left my scope caps off as I was tweaking the scope and placing my non shooting hand on top of the scope for support. Perhaps my hand mistakingly knocked the scope adjuster after one shot and threw my zero off?</p><p></p><p>Thanks...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joelb58, post: 935182, member: 78949"] Hello- I am somewhat new to shooting a rifle so I apologize in advance if my questions are dumb. Out today with my savage axis 30-06 that I received as a gift. My second time shooting it... Shooting at 100 yards using a caldwell front and rear rest. Shooting 180 grain remington core lokts for the majority of the shots, some nosler trophy grade 180s for the rest. First shot was well off the target, I chalked this up to some oil being in barrel from last cleaning. I then proceeded to shoot roughly 35 shots in a 1 hour period. They were roughly inline with where I was aiming. Groups were not great but 95% would be kill shots on a bear (I am getting ready for a spring hunt). Anyway, as I approached my 40th shot, the bullets started flying well off target. Placement was erratic and groups were nowhere near "groups". Someone suggested this might have been from the barrel heating up (it was 40 degrees outside). Is that a possible explanation? I really do not think I was doing anything to change my tactics and still shooting from the rest. I will note that I left my scope caps off as I was tweaking the scope and placing my non shooting hand on top of the scope for support. Perhaps my hand mistakingly knocked the scope adjuster after one shot and threw my zero off? Thanks... [/QUOTE]
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