Recent content by SubOptimal

I come from the shotgun world and only got back into rifles over the last 10 or so years. In that world, gun fit is everything. It is closely followed by gun mounting skills. You have no sights, only a ramp to guide the eye and maybe a little bead out at the end of the barrel. The mounted gun...

Then of course you have level accuracy. It is mildly ridiculous to assume that a 1/4" wide bubble in a 1/2" long tube is gonna produce an accuracy anywhere within 1 degree or so. My most accurate level has very fine gradations, and is about 10" long with an accuracy of 0.0002" in 10", It...

Just another wild ass guess but, could your clothing be an issue? Tee shirt is ideal or at least just a single layer with no padding. The more layers can bunch up and pack during recoil and effect your NPA. They can do this without you feeling it. I had trouble with a shooting vest doing...

You grab it from the inside at the scrap end with a 3 jaw and then stick something fat in the tail stock ( a hole saw will do) and part it off. Deburring tool will handle the rest of the work. A black sharpie will clean up the cut. You could even use a wood turning lathe for this stuff.

I really have no information as to the possible scope base but will say this, your measurement technique sucks. C-C measurements are taken either by placing the caliper blades at the true center of both holes or measuring hole to hole at the edges. You can use matching edges (front or rear) or...

Spend the money on practice ammo. Within certain limits you can buy accuracy, what you can't buy is wind reading skills and consistency. That only comes from shooting more and grooving your skills. Now, if you got killed in that third place finish, you might want to look at what they were...

Shit, I live within 1/2 mile of a few billion cubic yards of salt water. <1/4 mile from the inland waterway. Rust happens but can mostly be prevented with a little oil and a wipe down.

As a counter question, how much dope have you obtained and how did you do it? Zeroing you rifle is only the first step of many to develop valid data for the gun. That is data that will offer you a firing solution no matter the distance to the target or the environmental condition variables...

You cannot learn all of this stuff by yourself and even with the videos, it is really difficult to know you are doing everything correctly. The sooner you get actual hands on training the better. Learning new stuff is much easier than unlearning bad habits. Training never really stops, it may...

"Pardon me sir, you don't seem to be using the center of your targets, would you mind very much if I did?"

You may wish to try a larger bag, not so much to compensate for bipod height but a bag that is wider at the top. I don't like a bag with ears on it but do like to let the fill of the bag settle a bit around the bottom of the stock. This way, I don't have to squeeze so hard to get the bag to...

Alas, poor buddy, we knew him well. Banned he is, not just from this post, but from the site as well. Short membership but interesting.

Here is a little perspective. The is nothing really wrong with the Leupold for general shooting, it lacks some features for shooting at varying distances. The turrets are marked under the caps and you can use those marks as a basis for shooting, assuming the scope tracking is OK and it returns...

Nooooo! Please let us keep him till he reports on the results of his wonder scope. The temptation to see soccer ball sized groups is not to be resisted.

It takes awhile to decouple the trigger squeeze from the rest of the stuff the shooting hand is doing. I find that the less other stuff my shooting hand has to do, the less interference with proper trigger control I get. This is particularly important with the thumb. There is a very tight...