stagpanther
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There was a thread recently in which the topic of using a hand over the scope came up and I (stupidly) suggested that I thought the practice would likely hurt the consistency of the rifle by putting asymmetric pressure on the scope.
Today while shooting a 280AI rifle I was getting a unusually wide groupings (3" at 153 yds). The front rest point was pretty near the center of balance point of the rifle--I tried the hand over the scope to help counteract any possible pitching movement and the groupings immediately shrank dramatically. I'm now wondering how many tens of thousands of shots I've wasted before trying this.
Today while shooting a 280AI rifle I was getting a unusually wide groupings (3" at 153 yds). The front rest point was pretty near the center of balance point of the rifle--I tried the hand over the scope to help counteract any possible pitching movement and the groupings immediately shrank dramatically. I'm now wondering how many tens of thousands of shots I've wasted before trying this.