Jimx1
Your load seems very mild to me but 1000 rounds is sometimes all you can get out of a barrel. Some barrels fade away slowly while others just stop shooting altogether at once.
4 inches doesn't really tell me much. Was it a shot that flipped out of a group or where all shots widely spaced like a shotgun pattern?
Bad bedding will throw a wild shot as will bad bullets.
It's hard to make a load shoot that poorly out of a good gun so as everyone has already suggested 100% disassemble the gun clean it and put it back together so everything is tight.
Been shooting 50+ years and have never used a torque wrench on a gun except on the barrel and didn't need it there either. Tight is tight.
As to your original question the 338 Lapua with a 300 grain bullet and 87-92 grains of H1000 is the easy button for up to 2000 yards.
We have been shooting 2 matches a month for over 10 years now and accuracy has always been more important than velocity in all those matches.
Your load seems very mild to me but 1000 rounds is sometimes all you can get out of a barrel. Some barrels fade away slowly while others just stop shooting altogether at once.
4 inches doesn't really tell me much. Was it a shot that flipped out of a group or where all shots widely spaced like a shotgun pattern?
Bad bedding will throw a wild shot as will bad bullets.
It's hard to make a load shoot that poorly out of a good gun so as everyone has already suggested 100% disassemble the gun clean it and put it back together so everything is tight.
Been shooting 50+ years and have never used a torque wrench on a gun except on the barrel and didn't need it there either. Tight is tight.
As to your original question the 338 Lapua with a 300 grain bullet and 87-92 grains of H1000 is the easy button for up to 2000 yards.
We have been shooting 2 matches a month for over 10 years now and accuracy has always been more important than velocity in all those matches.
