HEY! So, been to the range a couple times lately and I've noticed accuracy discrepancies throughout my sessions. I found an ammo that my gun likes and have stuck to that for awhile now, and I have also adopted new cleaning regimens which were taken through suggestions made in another post I asked in last week. These regimens include; no more bore snake, leaving the barrel alone unless required (it was clean before today's shooting, and only passed 200 rounds through it total today), and only cleaning & oiling the bolt/action.
Now, I'm using a pretty new Savage MkII synthetic stock with a Bushnell 3-9x Rimfire scope and standard barrel from benchrest. The ammo that works best is CCI's Blazer .22lr, which is great because it's consistent and cost-effective (I tried about ten different types of ammunition before I decided this works best).
A few weeks ago, with this same ammo, I ended up with a group like this at 50yds from benchrest, and this was after about 50 rounds at 25yds, so it was warm for sure. That's 10 rounds through a ragged 1/2" hole (I had taken the scope off to try the iron sights, and reattached it and was zeroing it back in, hence the high group)
Now this is from today, after the same - about 50 rounds at 25yds, I moved the target to 50yds and ended up with frustrating groups, like this one, and worst of all, this group was the best of 4 different groups. This is 14 shots, about a magazine and a half. The first magazine I aimed dead center, the last four shots I tried to aim high but it obviously did nothing helpful. The scope is zeroed in at 25yds.
What kind of things can I try to eliminate error like this, and what could be going wrong to create such an obtuse group?
A couple noteworthy things are, and I'm wondering if they are contributing to loss of accuracy, that I took the stock off and put it back on just 'cause that's what kind of guy I am. I like to take things apart and see how they work (this is my first rifle). Is there a science to reattaching the stock? And I'm wondering if the barrel, hot or warm as it was, could be spitting rounds everywhere just because of the temperature? I don't know how much this affects a firearm, but maybe someone could put that into perspective for me.
Thanks!
Now, I'm using a pretty new Savage MkII synthetic stock with a Bushnell 3-9x Rimfire scope and standard barrel from benchrest. The ammo that works best is CCI's Blazer .22lr, which is great because it's consistent and cost-effective (I tried about ten different types of ammunition before I decided this works best).
A few weeks ago, with this same ammo, I ended up with a group like this at 50yds from benchrest, and this was after about 50 rounds at 25yds, so it was warm for sure. That's 10 rounds through a ragged 1/2" hole (I had taken the scope off to try the iron sights, and reattached it and was zeroing it back in, hence the high group)
Now this is from today, after the same - about 50 rounds at 25yds, I moved the target to 50yds and ended up with frustrating groups, like this one, and worst of all, this group was the best of 4 different groups. This is 14 shots, about a magazine and a half. The first magazine I aimed dead center, the last four shots I tried to aim high but it obviously did nothing helpful. The scope is zeroed in at 25yds.
What kind of things can I try to eliminate error like this, and what could be going wrong to create such an obtuse group?
A couple noteworthy things are, and I'm wondering if they are contributing to loss of accuracy, that I took the stock off and put it back on just 'cause that's what kind of guy I am. I like to take things apart and see how they work (this is my first rifle). Is there a science to reattaching the stock? And I'm wondering if the barrel, hot or warm as it was, could be spitting rounds everywhere just because of the temperature? I don't know how much this affects a firearm, but maybe someone could put that into perspective for me.
Thanks!
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