Bullseye
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Maybe a dumb question? I am not embarrassed to say this but I should have known to look over the firearm closer before shooting.
Well, I am going to ask this anyway, but am betting that it would affect accuracy. Yesterday I went to the range and had some awesome bench rest shots at 100 and 200 yards but then others were completely off. Just using a couple sandbags and a rifle rest, for 21 shots of .270. I was disappointed, blamed it on the rifle since I did great with a 22-250 afterwards.
I did notice a little looseness in the stock when I was near done shooting the .270. When I got home to give the rifle a good cleaning it was a lot more loose than I thought. The forward screw underneath was so loose, I guess I am lucky I didn't lose it or crack the stock. The one closer to the trigger was a tad loose as well. I took it apart, cleaned the screws and used some loc-tite (blue permatex) and snugged them up. I bet this was the accuracy problem.
Well, I am going to ask this anyway, but am betting that it would affect accuracy. Yesterday I went to the range and had some awesome bench rest shots at 100 and 200 yards but then others were completely off. Just using a couple sandbags and a rifle rest, for 21 shots of .270. I was disappointed, blamed it on the rifle since I did great with a 22-250 afterwards.
I did notice a little looseness in the stock when I was near done shooting the .270. When I got home to give the rifle a good cleaning it was a lot more loose than I thought. The forward screw underneath was so loose, I guess I am lucky I didn't lose it or crack the stock. The one closer to the trigger was a tad loose as well. I took it apart, cleaned the screws and used some loc-tite (blue permatex) and snugged them up. I bet this was the accuracy problem.
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