Hello I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I am going on my first elk hunt to Colorado this fall and am planning on taking my 300 ultra mag, but I am having some accuracy problems. I am not sure if it is me or the gun.
I am shoot hand loads out of a Remington 700 BDL with a 26" barrel, the hand loads are 180 grain swift scirocco II over 96 grains of H1000.
The problem that I am having is that my groups out of a cold barrel at 100yds. are around 2 to 2.5". Now I am not looking to shoot 600yds. but I do want to be confident out to 300 to 400 yds. The funny thing is that after the barrel gets hot the groups come into about an inch or so which would suggest that it is the shooter. (me) However I am shoot off of a bench with sand bags and feel really solid. I know the ultra mag has a pretty big kick but it does not seem to bother me much. I have shot the gun a fair amount it always is the same 2 to 2.5" groups then it comes into an inch. Does this make any sense or is it just me? I also have a 7 mag and have no problem shooting sub moa with it, so I am not so sure that it is me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jason
I am shoot hand loads out of a Remington 700 BDL with a 26" barrel, the hand loads are 180 grain swift scirocco II over 96 grains of H1000.
The problem that I am having is that my groups out of a cold barrel at 100yds. are around 2 to 2.5". Now I am not looking to shoot 600yds. but I do want to be confident out to 300 to 400 yds. The funny thing is that after the barrel gets hot the groups come into about an inch or so which would suggest that it is the shooter. (me) However I am shoot off of a bench with sand bags and feel really solid. I know the ultra mag has a pretty big kick but it does not seem to bother me much. I have shot the gun a fair amount it always is the same 2 to 2.5" groups then it comes into an inch. Does this make any sense or is it just me? I also have a 7 mag and have no problem shooting sub moa with it, so I am not so sure that it is me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jason