Groupings? HELP!!!

[Lycanthrope]

Your barrel twist rate may like lighter bullets. If that's the case, it's OK. You can use a bonded or Barnes X to penetrate in lighter loadings.

Unlike Andy L, I have found Nosler Ballistic Tips to be well loved in every rifle. I never buy factory ammo, however, and work up in .5 increments. All my rifles shoot under .75 MOA.......75 MOA is shot by my least accurate AR 15.

I always take my action and barrel out of the stock and relieve (Dremel!) ligtly around the action and free float the barrel. If your barrel isn't floated, you can easily change groups due to different pressure points and how you hold the gun. Free floatinig is the cheapest and easiest way to get some consistency. A deresonator is a last resort because the pressure they exert changes with tmeperature.

Make sure the mounts are tight. Snug the action screws, but don't clamp down on them with all you've got. Some rifles are horrobly finicky about action screw pressure if you aren't pillar bedded.

When shooting I take the sling off and make sure the swivel studs don't touch the bags. I level the targets (grid targets) so I can align my crosshairs with the lines and know I'm level and not canting the scope. Hold the gun with the same pressure every time and wait for the barrel to cool where you can touch the barrel for 20 seconds without discomfort.