Ugh.....just not my day.(groups)

You should borrow a front rest and a rear bag with ears. The bipod and the rear bag you're using might be part of the problem. Scope parallax might be an issue, but that's a good scope. Even when shooting off bags rifle needs to be in "neutral". No inputs or steering rifle works the best. If you can't dial the parallax out extend the range.
 
Factory ammo, and factory barreled action...man those groups are pretty nice! All look to be under 0.75 MOA, most at 0.50 or better! Your damn close to having it nailed down.
 
if you want to see an honest group your shooting, practise shooting at 200 yrds
if you have not done so, bedding and a jewell trigger
the trick with bi pods is to preload the legs consistently for every shot
 
Sounds to me like the shooter needs to study parallax.
You can definitely dial out the parallax at 100 yards with that scope.

the gun needs to stay rock steady while you move your eye around in the scope. With magnification at the max, adjust until the reticle no longer moves at all.

Then move your head rearward until a dark ring begins to form at the edge of your view. Center that up in the field of view and shoot like that. It'll settle down.

Hand loads will help too.
 
get a second opinion............have someone else shot a 5 round group with your rifle, but I am leaning on the parallax issue like the others
 
Yup, get someone else to give it a shot. That way you can rule yourself out of the equation and look at your gear, or perhaps you'll place the blame entirely on yourself ;)

Either way, nice work.
 
radmacks said:
Just curious if its the last one that strays off? Or is it random? If its the last. I would say space the time between your shots a little more. Let the barrel cool a bit more.
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This is a good point, I've noted on several youtube videos that were using a target camera, you'll notice a change in the timing between shots and how it correlates to shot placement on target. Usually, the shot(s) that stray are fired a bit quicker in the string.
Not saying this is the problem here, but definitely one that I've noticed for myself (along with a lot of others :)
 
I was having a similar issue with my handloads in my custom rifle. Im very picky when it comes to loading, and I found out that my Lee powder dump was not consistently dumping varget into each bullet all of the time! I have extremely good results with finer powders, but it seems that the big stick powder will sometimes get stuck in the dump, resulting in a HUGE variation! So what i do now id give each loead a few light taps with a screwdriver to make sure nothing gets stuck in the dump.... It makes sure none of the grains get stuck. I need to upgrade and get a Hornady or RCBS electronic powder measure..... soon enough... ;-)
 
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