Accuracy issue

[randal]

I said this in another thread hut I'm gonna say it again.. Have considered reloading but after reading this I'll stick with factory ammo..

[trophy8]

I said this in another thread hut I'm gonna say it again.. Have considered reloading but after reading this I'll stick with factory ammo..

You should see an improvement from reloading if done right. The problem here isn't from reloading.

[Cajun Blake]

You should see an improvement from reloading if done right. The problem here isn't from reloading.

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OP also stated in an earlier post ... "The stuff that tumbled is the factory loaded Winchester or Remington ammo."

[1shot]

Went and shot yesterday. I learned two things. Iosso cleans really well and my rifle needed it bad, and this rifle seems to like the 180s the best. Here is the last group I shot. It was quick and I wasn't being super careful. It's not a amazing group but way better than I was getting. It was 180 federal fusions.

[Ruark]

A lot of the suggestions here are good, but don't apply to your rifle because it USED to shoot well, then stopped. I'm thinking of:

1. Scope issue. Something's loose. Or maybe you're using a different scope and the new one has parallax issues (i.e. the target moves when your eye moves behind the scope).

2. Barrel damage. Pits, crown damage, etc.

3. You've started flinching. Seriously, you can do this without even knowing you're doing it. Two ways to test for this:

a. Put a dud round in the magazine. Watch what the crosshairs do when you pull the trigger on it.
b. Let somebody else shoot a couple of groups (somebody that's a good shot, of course). If he shoots sub-MOA, the discussion's over.

4. Something's changed that affects the barrel vibration. For example, you're using a different kind of rest. Maybe you used to rest it on bags, now you're resting it on a wood block. Or using a vise or bipod. A good friend of mine shot sub-MOA groups with his 7mm magnum, then put on a Harris bipod and blew up to 2 1/2".

So that's kind of a starting point: are you doing anything differently from before?