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I would start with loose screws; action, scope base, scope rings, before these three items. Then start in on these.

You say that at 100 yards, it is all over the place.

It would help to know the size groups. If they are in fact, 'all over the place,' like 12" groups, that would call for a different fix than if the groups were 1" and you wanted to tighten them up.

i think i gettn closer on it. there is no free float to barrel
i put in a couple thin plastic shims now have a 2-3 inch 5 shot group. so i believe it is the free floating were the prob is
tonight im going to remove shims and try to not tighten screw mucha dn see what that does

Those Sierra Blitz bullets were made with fragile jackets to assure expansion in lower velocity cartridges such as the 221 Fireball, 222, 222 mag and 223. At 22-250 velocities, they can just come apart because the centrifugal force is just too much. If you're driving them at 22-250 velocities, I'm surprised they even made it to the target. I have known of cases where you see a puff of "smoke" and a shower of tiny jacket pieces 10-20 feet from the muzzle.

Change bullets and see what happens.

I watched a guy at the range struggling with a similar issue once and he asked me to look over his rifle. The action screws were so loose that one could easily move the barreld action 1/8". Tightened up the action screws and things vastly improved.

John

I would try some Sierra 1330 50gr SPT or the Hornady 50 gr SP bullets. As others have said the Blitz's are too thin and also some 22/250's don't like 55's. Give it a try...Peter.

I suggest as others changing the bullet, also .005 of the lands in a 22-250 seems awful close and not much jump. Every gun is different, try .010-.015 off the lands.

i have tried proven .243 reloads from other people before and had very poor luck. I find out what loads work for people and load up a few. Initially, that worked. For my .243, I couldnt get better than 4.5" group with all three of my rifles.

if your going to hand load, you will need to find your load. Test the gun with factory ammo and see if it groups decent.