I've got a rifle that's giving me fits. It's a bolt action .243 (Marlin XS7 youth) with a Bushnell Banner scope.
Today it shot about a 4-inch group at 100 yards with the first 5 shots. I'm not cool with that.
The next two group (5 shots each) saw the groups grow to over six inches. It wasn't vertical stringing...it was just kind of all over the place.
The barrel is clean, the ammo is good, all scope attachments are solid tight.
At first I was thinking that maybe the stock was contacting the barrel as things heated up but then I started to think maybe the scope is just a turd.
Any ideas what could cause this?
I just slapped a Leupold on it that i had laying around...I'll try that out this weekend and see if it fixes it.
Today it shot about a 4-inch group at 100 yards with the first 5 shots. I'm not cool with that.
The next two group (5 shots each) saw the groups grow to over six inches. It wasn't vertical stringing...it was just kind of all over the place.
The barrel is clean, the ammo is good, all scope attachments are solid tight.
At first I was thinking that maybe the stock was contacting the barrel as things heated up but then I started to think maybe the scope is just a turd.
Any ideas what could cause this?
I just slapped a Leupold on it that i had laying around...I'll try that out this weekend and see if it fixes it.
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