I'm having some real struggles with shooting groups. I'm slowly realizing that I just might be trash at shooting.
This is my first attempt at building and shooting a precision small frame AR. The plan was to get a barrel in and test it before sending it off to D.wilson to have it converted for the LMT MRP.
This is where it went sideways. The barrel shoots like crap. My first outing I had shot the 75gr RMRs in to a laughable 6" group (didn't measure). The 69gr SMK and N140 shot a lot better but still big.
The second outing wasn't much better. I was testing a different load and was removing muzzle devices changing bolts etc.
The groups had a totally different shape with a lot of horizontal stringing.
After getting off the rifle, I shot Black #2. I noticed a POI shift and figured I'd change my bags out (ended up stacking a fortune cookie on my Wiebad rear bag (I don't like that bag, but it fit under the B5 sopmod stock)
Do I just need to get a different stock? New rear bag? Is this barrel trash? Am I trash?
I know semi autos are a different animal but I'm not new to shooting precision rifles...
This is my first attempt at building and shooting a precision small frame AR. The plan was to get a barrel in and test it before sending it off to D.wilson to have it converted for the LMT MRP.
This is where it went sideways. The barrel shoots like crap. My first outing I had shot the 75gr RMRs in to a laughable 6" group (didn't measure). The 69gr SMK and N140 shot a lot better but still big.
The second outing wasn't much better. I was testing a different load and was removing muzzle devices changing bolts etc.
The groups had a totally different shape with a lot of horizontal stringing.
After getting off the rifle, I shot Black #2. I noticed a POI shift and figured I'd change my bags out (ended up stacking a fortune cookie on my Wiebad rear bag (I don't like that bag, but it fit under the B5 sopmod stock)
Do I just need to get a different stock? New rear bag? Is this barrel trash? Am I trash?
I know semi autos are a different animal but I'm not new to shooting precision rifles...