What’s With My Grouping Here
Wasn’t sure which section to put this in, so I chose “AR General Discussion” since my AR is the one that I wasn’t so accurate with.
The other day I took my old Remington 1903-A3 to the range and shot it for the first time in over 25 years. (Used 60 year old military ball ammo) I haven’t shot it in so long cause I remember recoil being punishing, and I have neck problems that heavy recoil will hurt sometimes. Hence, I rarely shoot a shotgun, and no more than 5 shells when I do. I was pleased that the recoil of the 30-06 wasn’t nearly as bad as I remember. Why did I wait so long to shoot it. I had the target at 50 yards. Iron sights. I took the first shot standing up, and the next 5 shots off the bench. You can see the grouping near the bottom of the target. I think it may be sighted in at 200 yards, but I’ve never had a group like that with iron sights before. Ever. I’m very pleased with it.
Then, for the heck of it, I got my Colt 6920 out and put 5 rounds on the same target from the bench. They are the other 5 smaller holes in the target scattered all over the place. The 6920 is completely stock, iron sights, and I have about 1400 rounds thru it. I’ve never had good groupings with it, tho I can easily set off a small jar of Tannerite at 50 yards, but never on the first shot. I was careful to not jerk the trigger. Why would I get such a good group out of a gun I have not shot for so long due to recoil, and suck so bad from a gun I shoot a fair amount, of course, not as much as I did before all this panic buying.
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Re: What’s With My Grouping Here
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Originally Posted by
MistWolf
Inconsistent pressure on the non-free float forearm. My guess is you're a r/h shooter. Putting pressure on the rifle while resting the forearm on a sandbag will push the barrel up and right, causing the group to string down & left
It's also possible the sights and/or the barrel nut is loose
It would take a hell of a lot of pressure to get that kind of shift at 50 yards.
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