shoots are all left and right of bullseye in almost straight line

[jerryarlington]

I was at a Long Range Safety Officer training this morning. Myself and a younger individual when done went to the 100 yard range to shoot a few rounds to make sure our guns were shooting right.

After I did some adjustments to the scope. I was dead on, up and down. but the group I shot was a string, all on the same height but one or two inches right of left of center.

I had the young guy shoot my gun. He put two in the same hole dead center. then one slightly higher.

SOOOOO....the question is what am I doing wrong. Is it my trigger pull or my heart beat.

The gun is a Kimber 8400 300 win mag with a Vortex Viper pst moa 6.5-24X

 

[JonM]

Do you have a good cheek weld? Are you shooting supported in front and back? Bipod & Sand Bag?

I find for me when I support the stock in the back as well as the front I group better. It allows me to focus more on my cheek weld, trigger pull and target alignment.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Cant?

 

[varmintH8R]

Does that 300WM have a brake on it or does it kick like a mule? I have a 300WSM that I have to settle myself in on or I do the same thing. For me it really isn't a noticeable flinch, maybe just a over-tight trigger pull and ****-poor follow through. When I really focus on follow through the horizontal stringing disappears.

FWIW, I am done being a recoil martyr and its getting a brake this winter ...

 

[dig]

A few ideas.

1. Rifle cant
2. Forend pressure
3. Trigger pull
4. Wind
5. Parallax/cheek weld.

Go back another day and retry.