So my last chance for deer this season ended with an embarrassing miss and it's driving me crazy. Everything was the same, 300WM in a Savage Bear Hunter, 208g A-max bullet touching the lands, 75g H1000, muzzle break on, bipod, rear rest. Shot 1.2" groups at the 200 yards it's zeroed at, until yesterday.
1st Buck at 275yards, though the heart and folded up.
2nd Doe 175yards through the brain.
3rd Doe 240 yards though the brain.
4th doe 144 yards she didn't move and I was dumbfounded that she didn't fall over since I knew her head was empty. So I shot again, with the same results.
Today I found the bullet impacts and they were about 5" over her head. The only thing I changed was the bipod was resting off a slightly rotted barn floorboard instead of the ground since the ground was frozen and I didn't want to lay on it. Also the ammo was about 30F colder than the previous shots, but that ends up low and not high in my mind. Objective was set to 100yards on accident, but I could only get about an 1" error max when testing it. Waiting for the rain to stop so I can take the same shot on a target .
PS is there an adjustable cheek rest I can easily add to this stock?
Cory
1st Buck at 275yards, though the heart and folded up.
2nd Doe 175yards through the brain.
3rd Doe 240 yards though the brain.
4th doe 144 yards she didn't move and I was dumbfounded that she didn't fall over since I knew her head was empty. So I shot again, with the same results.
Today I found the bullet impacts and they were about 5" over her head. The only thing I changed was the bipod was resting off a slightly rotted barn floorboard instead of the ground since the ground was frozen and I didn't want to lay on it. Also the ammo was about 30F colder than the previous shots, but that ends up low and not high in my mind. Objective was set to 100yards on accident, but I could only get about an 1" error max when testing it. Waiting for the rain to stop so I can take the same shot on a target .
PS is there an adjustable cheek rest I can easily add to this stock?
Cory