I am trying to sight in my Remington 700 30-06 and a H&R 20 gauge slug gun at 100 yards.
I am using a Caldwell Lead Sled with 25 pounds of lead shot as weight.
I can't get either to pattern well and I would like experienced input on what I may be doing wrong. I suspect the way I am holding them.
Since both still move the lead sled around I have to readjust after each shot and I sometimes pull the gun down tighter into the rest to make the reticle to line up with the target so I am not applying the same pressure to the guns each time I shoot the firearms.
I know a rep for Caldwell and he said I may be putting to much weight on the lead sled and since the gun is not able to move backwards easily, the barrel bucks. He says I should use less weight to see it it helps.
My friend was next to me with his Savage 7mm Rem Mag with its free floating barrel, shooting off two loose sand bags, with the butt against his shoulder, and was grouping very well.
Plus, as I stated before on this forum, I bought a new synthetic stock for my Remington 700, which I had to remove a great deal of material to get the rifle to fit in. The barrel sits perfectly until the last little bit of tightening, then it pulls over and touches the side of the stock lightly. When I put it back in the wood stock, the barrel touches the wood much more tightly so it is not free-floating at all.
I hate to remove much more material from the plastic stock so I was wondering why I couldn't place a thin washer under the front screw to lift it out of the channel and remove the pinch point.
One last thing,
The front screw only catches about 2.5 threads of the receiver while in either stock. I thought a screw had to have 5 threads engaged to get to full tensile strength.
Any thoughts?
I am using a Caldwell Lead Sled with 25 pounds of lead shot as weight.
I can't get either to pattern well and I would like experienced input on what I may be doing wrong. I suspect the way I am holding them.
Since both still move the lead sled around I have to readjust after each shot and I sometimes pull the gun down tighter into the rest to make the reticle to line up with the target so I am not applying the same pressure to the guns each time I shoot the firearms.
I know a rep for Caldwell and he said I may be putting to much weight on the lead sled and since the gun is not able to move backwards easily, the barrel bucks. He says I should use less weight to see it it helps.
My friend was next to me with his Savage 7mm Rem Mag with its free floating barrel, shooting off two loose sand bags, with the butt against his shoulder, and was grouping very well.
Plus, as I stated before on this forum, I bought a new synthetic stock for my Remington 700, which I had to remove a great deal of material to get the rifle to fit in. The barrel sits perfectly until the last little bit of tightening, then it pulls over and touches the side of the stock lightly. When I put it back in the wood stock, the barrel touches the wood much more tightly so it is not free-floating at all.
I hate to remove much more material from the plastic stock so I was wondering why I couldn't place a thin washer under the front screw to lift it out of the channel and remove the pinch point.
One last thing,
The front screw only catches about 2.5 threads of the receiver while in either stock. I thought a screw had to have 5 threads engaged to get to full tensile strength.
Any thoughts?
