problem shooting at 200 yard! help

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I am having problem getting decent group at 200 yard.

I can shooting with same rifle same ammo 1/4" group 60% of the time at 100 yard, less than 1/2" 99% of the time. but I have never get single 1/2" group at 200!???????? I shot it same way as I did at 100. I also tried free recoil and hard hold. all groups are about 1" to 1.5"

rifle is blaser LRS2 with harris bipod. I used sand bag under pistol grip.

btw, there was no wind.

what did I do wrong?

thanks in advance.
 
"...what did I do wrong?..." Nothing. You're just expecting too much. One to 1.5" at 200, consistently, is outstanding. Like icedragonmx says, that's less than one MOA.
 
If your rifle is shooting better than 1/4" 60% of the time, you should start entering some benchrest matches, and giving lessons on how to shoot.
 
sunray said:
"...what did I do wrong?..." Nothing. You're just expecting too much. One to 1.5" at 200, consistently, is outstanding. Like icedragonmx says, that's less than one MOA.
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I am expecting doule the size of 100yd group for 200. 1/4" 60% of the time at 100. mathmetically I expect I could get 1/2" at 200. it just never happend.
 
tiriaq said:
If your rifle is shooting better than 1/4" 60% of the time, you should start entering some benchrest matches, and giving lessons on how to shoot.
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the previous owner of the gun can shoot even better. I am thinking about joining some match and try my luck.
 
If different shooters get better results, then it is most likely how you're driving. Have an experienced shooter (or better yet, a small arms coach) observe your technique to watch your positioning and follow-through. Pay attenton to natural point of aim, cheek weld, flinch etc. It can still be other variables like load, where you're getting inconsistency.
 
Well if you scale with distance, he really ought to get 1/2 inch groups 60% of the time and 1 inch groups 99% of the time. Anyway a couple things come to mind:

1) Like someone else said, you are canting the rifle. One thing that helps is to staple your target up perfectly level, and then align the target lines with your scope lines to keep your rifle level.

2) Your target isn't conducive to shooting small groups. For example, I use a target with a 1/2 inch dot at 100 yards, and a 1 inch dot at 200 yards, because I find a 1/2 MOA dot works good for me with my 16x magnification. A bigger or smaller dot would make it more difficult to aim at the exact same spot every time.

3) Your loads are inconsistent. Mysticplayer often says that he tests his loads at 200 yards to check for vertical stringing. If you have vertical stringing it means that something about the whole process of accelerating the bullet (primer, primer's flash hole, primer seating depth, gunpowder charge variation, seating depth, neck tension, lots of other things I don't know about) is inconsistent.
 
100 yard, 5 shots, off bipod, look like this:
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200 yard, same, look like this:
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that bloody one hold was a fly. I guess I was lucky.
 
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