First few Shots ...

[Chester32141]

My Savage MKII can rountinely take out a golf ball at 100 yards but for the 1st three or four shots it's off by as much as eight inches ... then it settles in and is amazing ... this is not after cleaning the barrel or chamber, it's just about everytime I shoot it, which is 3-4 times a week ... I hate to think this may be operator error but how would I ever hunt with this gun if I need to keep the barrel warm for it to shoot accurately ?

Is there a reason for this or does the blame lie w/ the guy pulling the trigger

Is this normal

Chester

 

[Schleprok62]

Try a different type of ammo...

 

[lipadj46]

That is normal though 8 inches at 100 yards is a big swing. If you have your rifle sighted in cold the POA will be different than if it were sighted in hot (heavier barrels will minimize this). Also a clean barrel will have a different POA than a dirty barrel. This is why hunters sight in rifles with a cold bore and most fire a few shots before hunting season to foul the barrel and then don't clean the barrel until after hunting season.