Horizontal impact shift?

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Every time I shoot at paper, the first two shots print a wonderful, probably better than me pair. The only problem is that it's consistently almost two inches to the right of point of aim. The next shots go back where they should be, two inches above point of aim( as it is sighted in to do). All shots from that point onwards group where they should. Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this? I'm pretty sure it's not me, b/c it happens consistently, even when shooting from a lead sled.
 
Some commercial and arsenal barrels will have a rough spot across a few lands and grooves that when clean, they'll scrape off bullet jacket enough to unbalance the first few rounds. When they exit the muzzle, that unbalance causes them to jump off the bore axis from the centrifugal force. After a few shots have deposited enough copper jacket to smooth that area up, the subsequent bullets won't have significant copper wiped off and then shoot to a different point of impact and cluster about it.

If this happens every time starting out with a clean barrel across several people, the bore has a rough spot. If this happens only if you shoot it, your marksmanship has a rough spot.
 
When clean? I do clean it after every outing. Would just leaving it with a few shots through it possibly cure this? (Assuming its not just my bad shooting)
 
A clean barrel will very seldom shoot to the same POI as a fouled barrel, so that could be your problem.

After cleaning, fire a couple of fouling shots into the berm, and see where that gets you.

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Check out all screws and be sure they're tight....rings, rails, action screws....check them all.... if it doesn't make a difference, I'd say the scope won't handle the recoil...
 
I think it will- redfield locktighted in, should be steady unless there's something wrong internally
 
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