[Spots and Dots]

I have the gun mentioned above, and shoot Winchester Accubond 180gr through it. I have shot paper with it on 5 occasions and have a difficult time getting a tight group. Typically, the grouping is about 2 inches at 100 yards. I am sure some of it is me, but even concentrating doesn;t seem to make a difference.


Do any of you have this gun? If so, what bullet do you use?

I recently had a trigger job, and had the pull set at ~3lbs. That seemed to make the grouping worse.


Currently, the only game I hunt is Elk, and the grouping is more than good for the size of their kill zone, but I feel like it should shoot tighter.


The barrel is free floated, and it is a heavy bull barrel. I have a 4.5x14x50 Zeiss on it, and shoot from a target rest.


I also tried some 155gr bullets......it really disliked them.


Thoughts?

 

[baldhunter]

I would get the action bedded.

 

[texas8point]

I use the Winchester Model 70, 300 WSM and put a Leupold VXIII 3.5 X 10 X 40 on it and had the same problem shooting the Winchester Supream 180gr.
I went through almost an entire box of shells over about a 3hr period and got it to 1 1/2 inch groups.......I thought about going to a 150gr. to see if that made a difference.

 

[Marshman]

Try some Federal Premium with Barnes TSX or MRX bullets. I have found those to be a lot better groups than the Winchester. The bullets are a lot better also, Barnes stuff is great on paper and meat!

MM

 

[davidb]

Your Rifle and barrel sounds like it still being broken in. The quality control was sort of on again off again the last few years or USARC but if your getting 2" groups yours should be OK. The trigger job giving worse groups sounds like it may be a flinching issue. Try some snap caps or dry firing to see if this is the case. I like the federal rounds too.