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<blockquote data-quote="freddiej" data-source="post: 1495283" data-attributes="member: 26227"><p>song dogger, after reading the first page of comments and suggestions I am compelled to say this. I am going to make a wild guess and say your stock on your rifle is a stock malleable plastic one. I am also going to guess that your rifle barrel is a #3 or #3.5 profile (magnum sporter). I ran into just about this exact problem with a friend's long range hunting rifle (300 RUM). my groups were about 6" higher than his groups at 300 yards. 100 yard sight in. 190 grain Burger slugs. He neglected to tell me he was using a "leadsled" to shoot this brutal recoiling beast. when I shot it; I was prone or off the bench, bi-pod, and a sandbag between me and the paper thin butt pad. his ballistic computer was off by several feet at 600 yards. the VLD slug carried much better than his computer stated it should. after finding out what he was doing at the range I replicated his method and replicated his results. the strap holding the gun down in the sled was holding the barrel bent. it was not pretty. so yes, ditch the lead sled, when shooting at the range, shoot in all positions you might shoot on the hunt, just a small suggestion to stop the possibility of flinch.. muzzle brake that puppy. go to a gunsmith and find out if your rifle stock fits your body, yes this can make for a more comfortable experience at the range and the field. if I am right about your stock, please have it re-stocked with something that is stiffer and will help you shoot better. I suggest Chet Brown of Brown Precision in California. He makes the best stocks I know of. High Mountain Tech on the east coast are no slouchers either. I personally like laminated wood stocks, so I would go with Boyd's custom stocks. after that it is all up to you to practice until you can reliably deliver the round out to how ever far you are comfortable with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freddiej, post: 1495283, member: 26227"] song dogger, after reading the first page of comments and suggestions I am compelled to say this. I am going to make a wild guess and say your stock on your rifle is a stock malleable plastic one. I am also going to guess that your rifle barrel is a #3 or #3.5 profile (magnum sporter). I ran into just about this exact problem with a friend's long range hunting rifle (300 RUM). my groups were about 6" higher than his groups at 300 yards. 100 yard sight in. 190 grain Burger slugs. He neglected to tell me he was using a "leadsled" to shoot this brutal recoiling beast. when I shot it; I was prone or off the bench, bi-pod, and a sandbag between me and the paper thin butt pad. his ballistic computer was off by several feet at 600 yards. the VLD slug carried much better than his computer stated it should. after finding out what he was doing at the range I replicated his method and replicated his results. the strap holding the gun down in the sled was holding the barrel bent. it was not pretty. so yes, ditch the lead sled, when shooting at the range, shoot in all positions you might shoot on the hunt, just a small suggestion to stop the possibility of flinch.. muzzle brake that puppy. go to a gunsmith and find out if your rifle stock fits your body, yes this can make for a more comfortable experience at the range and the field. if I am right about your stock, please have it re-stocked with something that is stiffer and will help you shoot better. I suggest Chet Brown of Brown Precision in California. He makes the best stocks I know of. High Mountain Tech on the east coast are no slouchers either. I personally like laminated wood stocks, so I would go with Boyd's custom stocks. after that it is all up to you to practice until you can reliably deliver the round out to how ever far you are comfortable with. [/QUOTE]
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