Bought this rifle in ‘96, sold it to a friend a year later to upgrade to a Sendero. Earlier this year, I bought it back from him. It was my first rifle and I wanted it back. He kept it in a safe most of the time. We both put about 150 total rounds through it.
Fast forward to when I got it back. I’ve had it for a couple months now, mounted a Leupold 4.5-14x40 on it.
Been taking it to the range and can’t get it to shoot consistently. I’ve been shooting different types of ammo but have been shooting to see what groups best. And nothing is consistent. 1.5-2” groups.
One is spot on, the next 1.5” high and left, the next 2” low and stuff like that.
Now, because of the inconsistencies, I swapped out factory trigger and installed a Trigger Tech trigger on it. Also noticed the barrel wasn’t free floating, so I went in there and sanded the stock and now I can slide a dollar bill through it.
I take the rifle to the range Sunday morning hoping to see a big change.
NOPE! Still all over the place.
What can be causing this? I’ve cleaned the barrel pretty good, I think.
Run a brush a couple of times through it and a bunch of patches. Have used that foam copper remover, and more patches with Hoppes No.9.
Here’s a target from today.
Center and lower left target are Remington 100 grain bullets.
Upper left is Hornady 117 grain Superformance.
Top right is Nosler Trophy Grade 100 grain bullets.
The top right started off good, the first 3 was an 1” group, till I shot the 4th.
That one was lower and headed in the wrong direction.
HELP! Do I have a bad barrel? Scope isn’t loose, I’ve mounted plenty scopes before.
I’m lost and it’s frustrating me.
Fast forward to when I got it back. I’ve had it for a couple months now, mounted a Leupold 4.5-14x40 on it.
Been taking it to the range and can’t get it to shoot consistently. I’ve been shooting different types of ammo but have been shooting to see what groups best. And nothing is consistent. 1.5-2” groups.
One is spot on, the next 1.5” high and left, the next 2” low and stuff like that.
Now, because of the inconsistencies, I swapped out factory trigger and installed a Trigger Tech trigger on it. Also noticed the barrel wasn’t free floating, so I went in there and sanded the stock and now I can slide a dollar bill through it.
I take the rifle to the range Sunday morning hoping to see a big change.
NOPE! Still all over the place.
What can be causing this? I’ve cleaned the barrel pretty good, I think.
Run a brush a couple of times through it and a bunch of patches. Have used that foam copper remover, and more patches with Hoppes No.9.
Here’s a target from today.
Center and lower left target are Remington 100 grain bullets.
Upper left is Hornady 117 grain Superformance.
Top right is Nosler Trophy Grade 100 grain bullets.
The top right started off good, the first 3 was an 1” group, till I shot the 4th.
That one was lower and headed in the wrong direction.
HELP! Do I have a bad barrel? Scope isn’t loose, I’ve mounted plenty scopes before.
I’m lost and it’s frustrating me.
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