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gundogblue
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Hi All,
I've been shooting all my life, but since this last March I've tried to apply myself to benchrest shooting, but I just can't seem to become consistant. I feel I have good equipment, my rifles are a 22-250 Savage model-12 with accutrigger, a glassed B&C Medalist stock,and a Nikon Buckmaster 6x18 scope. Also a Savage 10FP with accutrigger in .308 with the H.S Precision stock, and a Nikon Monarch 6x20 scope, both gun are shot with a bipod, and rear sandbags. I've worked up serveral loads for both guns useing three different powders, but the loads that the rifles seem to like the best are, 22-250-35.5grs Varget, a Hornaday 52gr BTHP, CCI benchrest primers, and WW cases, I've tried serveral C.O.A.L but the 22-250 seems to like a 2.360 C.O.A.L. The .308 likes 42.5 grs Varget, 168gr Sierra Match bullet, CCI Benchrest primers, and Remington cases. I shoot every Thursday, about 20 rnds from each rifle, and my shooting has improved, but every time I have a good group going I seem to pull a shot. At first I was blaming the loads, rifles, scopes everything but me, then a week ago last Thursday I shot two very good groups, with the 22-250 I shot a five shot group @100yrs messuring 0.310 inch, and with the .308 I also shot a five shot group @100yrds messuring 0.412inch, now for me, thats great. I figured I finally have this benchrest shooting down pat, then yesterday at the range I was right back to pulling a shot or two and ruining the groups. I shoot at a piece of plain white paper, I fire a bullet into it, and just put the crosshairs on that bullet hole, and try to get a good five shot group, but the hardest thing Im finding is that when the crosshairs are on the bullet hole, every time my heart beats I can see those crosshairs move, I think that may be the biggest problem for me, but Im probebly doing alot of other things wrong as well. I know I must have done everything right when I shot those two good groups, because good groups don't happen by accident, but evidentally I can't put it all together again, any advise will be GREATLY appriciated.
Thanks,
Paul
I've been shooting all my life, but since this last March I've tried to apply myself to benchrest shooting, but I just can't seem to become consistant. I feel I have good equipment, my rifles are a 22-250 Savage model-12 with accutrigger, a glassed B&C Medalist stock,and a Nikon Buckmaster 6x18 scope. Also a Savage 10FP with accutrigger in .308 with the H.S Precision stock, and a Nikon Monarch 6x20 scope, both gun are shot with a bipod, and rear sandbags. I've worked up serveral loads for both guns useing three different powders, but the loads that the rifles seem to like the best are, 22-250-35.5grs Varget, a Hornaday 52gr BTHP, CCI benchrest primers, and WW cases, I've tried serveral C.O.A.L but the 22-250 seems to like a 2.360 C.O.A.L. The .308 likes 42.5 grs Varget, 168gr Sierra Match bullet, CCI Benchrest primers, and Remington cases. I shoot every Thursday, about 20 rnds from each rifle, and my shooting has improved, but every time I have a good group going I seem to pull a shot. At first I was blaming the loads, rifles, scopes everything but me, then a week ago last Thursday I shot two very good groups, with the 22-250 I shot a five shot group @100yrs messuring 0.310 inch, and with the .308 I also shot a five shot group @100yrds messuring 0.412inch, now for me, thats great. I figured I finally have this benchrest shooting down pat, then yesterday at the range I was right back to pulling a shot or two and ruining the groups. I shoot at a piece of plain white paper, I fire a bullet into it, and just put the crosshairs on that bullet hole, and try to get a good five shot group, but the hardest thing Im finding is that when the crosshairs are on the bullet hole, every time my heart beats I can see those crosshairs move, I think that may be the biggest problem for me, but Im probebly doing alot of other things wrong as well. I know I must have done everything right when I shot those two good groups, because good groups don't happen by accident, but evidentally I can't put it all together again, any advise will be GREATLY appriciated.
Thanks,
Paul
