Wylie27 wrote:Tomek,
You are new to shooting, so I am going to ask the same question I was asked.
I assume you are bench resting, so a front and rear bag.
Describe you seating position and the ritual you go through before you squeeze the trigger?
What are your feet doing? Hands? Are you sitting in the same position?
Is the rifle in the same position?
Is your head in the same position?
Are you squeezing the trigger with the same pressure and consistency? How is the grip on rifle Is it tight?
Do you hold the bag or the rifle with your non trigger hand..
I don't really pay much attention to my body position. I simply find a position where the crosshairs stop moving around. This usually involves a fair few seconds of adjusting my hand / the bag. I shoot with both and if I have a bag I get the gun lined up with my target and hold the stock with my hand to keep it in position. I then usually hold my breath while I gently pull the trigger and actually fire only if the crosshairs remain stable. I've tried firing while holding the rifle tight / lose but no difference really.
When things go right in the first few mags, it's beautiful .5 inch or below, with cheap fed, CCI subs or eley sport today. And this happens whether I'm prone or on the bench. But then after a few mags... ..crap.. I really don't know if it can be me as there's no way I'd be shooting half an inch this way and that way so much. I can see myself fire at the middle and the bullets land elsewhere. It just feels wrong. Even if I look at how much I shake (before I stabilise myself), it's well inside the spray patterns I get. Plus, my excellent groups have all been without a bag when I'm noticeably less stable.
I don't know if I should keep the bolts as is and wait till next time I go, or check the bedding again and look at the barrel screws. I wouldn't really know how tight/loose the barrel screws should be. I find it hard to believe though that my 1/6-1/8 turn screw adjustments can throw the rifle off completely. If I take it apart, I can post photos of the bedding and anything else taht would help.
I'm totally noob at this but if the gun fails when it warms up, then it could be anything, bedding, the barrel etc. as some slight expansion somewhere introduces an aberration taht throws my rounds off target. Some tooling mark in the barrel, headspace, bedding contact etc. It's certainly not my scope now that I bought a new one lol. Love the zoom on it