I took it out today. Neither the 210 TTSX nor the 225 grain Nos AB shot well, ballpark 3 inches at 100 yards. I shot up the rest of that ammo. 80-85 rounds of .338 in one sitting ... my shoulder doesn't like me. The leftover 185 grain TTSXes went roughly MOA Couple squirrels came up on the berm and I whopped them. Got complete penetration.
It's time to move on. It's sighted in for the 185s and I have 12 shells left, good enough to kill something while I'm trying to figure out what the plan is. Probably nothing 'til after Christmas.
Any Bolt Action rifle that shoots 3 MOA has something wrong with it. The last time I saw something like that was a guy at the local range with a SAKO in .300 Win Mag and the culprit ended up being an extremely small burr on the muzzle. A simply twist with a case deburing tool turned the same rifle into a .7MOA SAKO which is to be expected.
The issue will likely be crown, bedding, loose scope mount, scope, stock or shooter. The last thing I would blame is ammo because it is extemely hard to make bad ammo when all those bullets have been tried. It is most likely mechanical.
JW
