I'm looking for opinions and help.
I've decided to put a 1994 Remington Model 7, 1-9 twist, wood stock, in 6mm back into use. It's my son's rifle but he hasn't used it in years. Instead of it just sitting in the safe I figured I'd use it as a longer range truck gun and carry it when checking the pastures in case I run into a coyote, ground hog etc.
The last few weeks I've tried to come up with an accurate load using 60, 70 and 85 grain bullets. Seems like I can't get either bullet weight to group like I want them to. It might shoot 2 at .5" then throw the third out 2"-3". The last shot of the day may be in the X then the first shot the next day might be 3"-5" high and 4"-5" right or left. The first cold bore shot is what I count on to be in the X but that's not happening.
I haven't tried 100 grain bullets yet because I like the flatter shooting lighter weight bullets.
(Note- I'm not a rookie at reloading and have been loading for 35+ years developing loads for rifle and pistol)
Things I've tried;
>Vary powder charges, minimum to maximum
>Vary case OAL
>Wait on the short skinny barrel to cool 5-20 minutes between shots
>Stock tip pressure- Adding/removing shims(strips of painter's tape)
between stock and barrel
>Different scope, different mounts, different rings
>Everything tight and rechecked to verify.
It has the factory trigger in it now and I have a Timney trigger on the way. It should be here this week. If a lighter and smoother trigger doesn't improve groups I guess the stock is the next step.
Which would help my situation the most, glass bed and free float the original wood stock or buy a new B&C synthetic stock with the aluminum bedding? I'd like to get it shooting accurately but keep the cost down.
Thanks
I've decided to put a 1994 Remington Model 7, 1-9 twist, wood stock, in 6mm back into use. It's my son's rifle but he hasn't used it in years. Instead of it just sitting in the safe I figured I'd use it as a longer range truck gun and carry it when checking the pastures in case I run into a coyote, ground hog etc.
The last few weeks I've tried to come up with an accurate load using 60, 70 and 85 grain bullets. Seems like I can't get either bullet weight to group like I want them to. It might shoot 2 at .5" then throw the third out 2"-3". The last shot of the day may be in the X then the first shot the next day might be 3"-5" high and 4"-5" right or left. The first cold bore shot is what I count on to be in the X but that's not happening.
I haven't tried 100 grain bullets yet because I like the flatter shooting lighter weight bullets.
(Note- I'm not a rookie at reloading and have been loading for 35+ years developing loads for rifle and pistol)
Things I've tried;
>Vary powder charges, minimum to maximum
>Vary case OAL
>Wait on the short skinny barrel to cool 5-20 minutes between shots
>Stock tip pressure- Adding/removing shims(strips of painter's tape)
between stock and barrel
>Different scope, different mounts, different rings
>Everything tight and rechecked to verify.
It has the factory trigger in it now and I have a Timney trigger on the way. It should be here this week. If a lighter and smoother trigger doesn't improve groups I guess the stock is the next step.
Which would help my situation the most, glass bed and free float the original wood stock or buy a new B&C synthetic stock with the aluminum bedding? I'd like to get it shooting accurately but keep the cost down.
Thanks