I'm confused

[Toxxyc]

Life happened (bought a house, moved towns, bought a new place, moved towns again, had a baby, etc.) and because of this it's been a while since I shot my guns. A few weeks ago I decided to do something about that. Cleaned my rifle top to bottom, set up a range with a target on my smallholding and fired a few rounds.

This was ALL OVER THE PLACE. I struggled to hit an A4 paper at 100m with the rifle. Sure, it was not with my regular load but with factory ammo, but previously it shot very well with factory ammo. Nothing has changed. I figured it might be me so I kept shooting, and eventually I got something that resembled a group, but the POI shifted almost 15cm to the right, and low.

I adjusted this group to center with the correct clicks, but the next group fired way left. Still low. Every time it's just windage that's off, elevation is fine. Every time I adjusted by the correct amount of clicks, the POI overshot to the other side. I gave up after firing almost the whole box and got nowhere.

A few weeks later I decided to try it again. Pulled out the brush cutter, opened a nice path through the bush and set up a proper shooting station - table, dead rest, comfy chair, sun behind me, the works. I ranged the target at 130m and set myself down. I returned the scope to where it was before I started shooting the previous time, and fired three shots. Again, factory ammo. Again, far right and low. But, this time, in a very acceptable ~35mm group. Vastly different than before. I mean, I can hunt with that. I didn't have a lot of time (just wanted to see what the rifle would do), so I didn't adjust or changed anything. Packed up and stored my rifle in the safe.

This past weekend I set up a range again, but because I was away from POI so much, I decided to shoot closer. I ranged 50m and set up. I fired my last factory ammo round as a warmup shot and it impacted exactly in the same place as the previous group - 12cm right and about 3cm low. I know this ammo did well in my rifle before and wasn't far off from my hunting load, so I adjusted the clicks left and up.

I then fired three shots with my hunting load. Yes, it was only 50m, but I punched only two holes, touching. Two bullets (the first two) through the same hole. The second just-just off to the left. Slightly low, and a little to the left. I adjusted to center and fired three more. Again, a very, very tight clover group. I did a final adjustment and punched out the remaining 1cm dots around the edge of the target. It fires like the day I developed the load. All is well again in the world.

So, now I want to know, how is it possible for a rifle to go from good to horrible to good again? I changed nothing. Yes, I'm shooting with a suppressor but it was tight every time. Rifle is a Remington 700 in .30-06 in a Stocky Stocks laminated wood stock, with an aluminium bedding block and it was bedded and threaded by a good gunsmith. I also replaced the trigger with a Triggertech Primary. Scope is an Athlon Talos BTR 4-14x44 FFP.

Could it be that it was just me shooting like my arse, and some practice got me "back in it"? It's possible, but I don't know. I made sure of my shots on all the previous strings as well. Rifle dead still, not fighting the stock, letting the shot off easy while being dead on target, etc. I'm confused. Very confused.

[Arnold]

Cleaned my rifle top to bottom

Depending on the condition of your bore and what you did when you cleaned your rifle, this could be it.

[Toxxyc]

Rifle is almost brand new, less than 150 rounds through it. I used Hoppe's No 9 and a brass brush to scrub the barrel and ran patches through it until it came out clean. Oiled, dry patch, done, started shooting.

Before that I've only done boresnakes through the barrel after shooting.

[Capt. Yoda]

Het jy na die geweer jou homebrews reg geskiet het weer die fabrieks ammo probeer?

[Toxxyc]

Het jy na die geweer jou homebrews reg geskiet het weer die fabrieks ammo probeer?

Nee, maar voor ek die homebrews geskiet het, het ek 'n groepie van so 35mm met die fabrieksammo geskiet. So hulle skiet ook weer waar hulle moet.

[Capt. Yoda]

Ek het een keer met n geweer (ook n 30.06 met Hornady se GMX koele) gesien laat n man voor n jag n geweer so skoon gemaak het laat hy gegaan het van half duim groepe op die baan na orals op n A4 bladsy by die jag se in skiet baan. Dit het hom hier by die 12 skote gevat vir die geweer om weer te settle. Dalk maar iets soortgelyk

[Toxxyc]

Dit kan dalk wees. Maar die geweer het van die fabriek af, letterlik die eerste skote, al mooi geskiet. Dis seker maar voor inskiet en alles van daardie goete. Maar dit maak my bietjie bang. Gaan ek elke keer as ek hom skoonmaak amper 'n boks se ammo moet gooi voor hy weer skiet waar ek mik?

[DaavG]

Scope mounts and rings tight or faulty maybe?

[Toxxyc]

I thought about that, but they're in great condition. Screws are tight, no play or movement. And now they're perfect again.

As I said, I'm really confused, but I am starting to think it's a combination of squeaky clean rifle and rusty-ass Toxx that caused those bad impacts, and it tightened up as the barrel settled and I loosened up. I can't think of another explanation.

[avo]

FFP SCOPE, parallax maybe??

[Boomstomp]

wel, jy kan altyd weer jou geweer heeltemal skoon skrop en kyk of hy weer slegter skiet

Met my 243W het ek later geweet as jy hom heeltemal skoon maak, al die koolstof en koper verwyder, dan het hy so 20-30 skote gevat om weer lekker te begin groepeer - maar dit was hier nader na die einde van sy loop se lewe toe loop al bietjie "pitting" in gehad het. Vermoed die koper moes eers al die gaatjies toesmeer voor hy wou saamspeel. So ekt geweet as ek skoonmaak moet ek koolstof verwyder maar meeste van die koper in loop los.


Vir 'n nuwe loop is dit snaaks... maar wys dalk daarop dat die loop nie seepglad is of "lapped" is nie?
As jy ten minste weet kan jy beter beplan!

[Toxxyc]

FFP SCOPE, parallax maybe??

Ek het daaraan gedink, maar dis darem maar rof baie verskil. En ek het nie gestel tussen skote nie.

[tripodmvr]

Vuilgoed in die knaldemper wat loskom?

[Toxxyc]

Ek het gister gesit en werk toe ek die honde teen die honde teen die draad hoor blaf. Ek kyk op en sien toe 'n vlakvark sog met drie kleintjies teen die draad waar hulle aan die kombuisafval kom snuffel. Dit gebeur baie. Tussen hulle sien ek egter toe 'n lekker groot beer ook. Ek het hom al voorheen hier gesien. Hy's aggressief, jaag die beeste en druk die klein varkies vas en maak hulle seer.

Toe toets ek maar gou die geweer op iets meer aktief as 'n papier. Hy't met stokstyf bene omgedop en na so halwe minuut daardie "skop in die rondte" dansie gedans en toe kry die kop load shedding. 46kg karkasgewig. Ek gaan vandag die snoet skoonspuit om die tande te meet. Die ding is GROOT.

https://i.postimg.cc/8PYGjxRC/varkie.png
https://i.postimg.cc/3R957q8f/varkie-kaal.png

[Capt. Yoda]

Die fotos werk nie

[Toxxyc]

Een of ander sneeuvlokkie het natuurlik die goed gaan rapporteer want daar is kos in wat nie vegan is nie. Kom ons probeer weer:
https://imgur.com/a/20duCrK
https://imgur.com/a/vOe86IF

[walkabout]

Ek dink jou issues is opgelos.

Cabanossi incoming!

[honda2]

Lekker varkie! Mooi man!

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