Okay folks, here's my situation:
About a month ago I bought a model 70 .270 winchester with a nikon monarch 3-9x scope. It had a cheap factory synthetic stock on it that was basically hollow. At the range I was getting nothing larger than 3/4" groups of 5 with factory super-x 150 grain ammunition. I was pretty excited about this, being a beginning hangloader and all. So I bought a McMillan stock for a winchester model 70 long action. I swapped the stocks, went out and shot it, and then free floated the barrel. Group size is now 1.25" at 100 yards at best with the same ammunition. The 3/4" groups had no vertical shift, were only shifted horizontally. The 1.25" groups have vertical stringing.
Anybody know any obvious reason for this to be happening? I do about one shot a minute every time I'm shooting for groups. I'll try to answer any questions any of you might have and appreciate any suggestsion.
BTW: I still have the factory synthetic stock and I might swap it until I have time to bed it or mess with it some more.
About a month ago I bought a model 70 .270 winchester with a nikon monarch 3-9x scope. It had a cheap factory synthetic stock on it that was basically hollow. At the range I was getting nothing larger than 3/4" groups of 5 with factory super-x 150 grain ammunition. I was pretty excited about this, being a beginning hangloader and all. So I bought a McMillan stock for a winchester model 70 long action. I swapped the stocks, went out and shot it, and then free floated the barrel. Group size is now 1.25" at 100 yards at best with the same ammunition. The 3/4" groups had no vertical shift, were only shifted horizontally. The 1.25" groups have vertical stringing.
Anybody know any obvious reason for this to be happening? I do about one shot a minute every time I'm shooting for groups. I'll try to answer any questions any of you might have and appreciate any suggestsion.
BTW: I still have the factory synthetic stock and I might swap it until I have time to bed it or mess with it some more.