It may be the wrong forum, but this is probably a good place to start.
I was working through a 308 load development recently and had great groups near starting loads with 168amax and varget and 165sierra game king and 8208. As I slowly increased powder and recoil increased I noticed the rifle was jumping up off the bench and my sights were not returning to the target area. I was at a bench using an el cheapo bipod that I was not "loading"
My groups hovered around 1.5" center to center, but I had a few that were simply a string of 5 shots 2" tall, 1/2" wide.
Does the recoil impulse play that much of a role in tiny groups? My rifle was not recoiling consistently from shot to shot, I was attempting to keep my cheek weld and trigger squeeze consistent. I'm very open to either shooter error or loads the gun didn't like, it's a RRA LR-8 predator HP, supposed to be really accurate, I've only shot hand loads in it.
I was working through a 308 load development recently and had great groups near starting loads with 168amax and varget and 165sierra game king and 8208. As I slowly increased powder and recoil increased I noticed the rifle was jumping up off the bench and my sights were not returning to the target area. I was at a bench using an el cheapo bipod that I was not "loading"
My groups hovered around 1.5" center to center, but I had a few that were simply a string of 5 shots 2" tall, 1/2" wide.
Does the recoil impulse play that much of a role in tiny groups? My rifle was not recoiling consistently from shot to shot, I was attempting to keep my cheek weld and trigger squeeze consistent. I'm very open to either shooter error or loads the gun didn't like, it's a RRA LR-8 predator HP, supposed to be really accurate, I've only shot hand loads in it.