2 years ago I saw a Browning Medallion X-Bolt on GB for a fair price.
Six months later it was still there so on a whim I bought it.
Ordered some Hornady 180 IB from Midway and went to the range with iron sights.
First two shots at 25 yards with irons were touching. That got me excited to buy a scope
Months went by…
Bought a ZX5 off of Eurooptics for a steal, and X-Bolt 30mm rings from Midway
Finally got it to the range yesterday.
At 100 yards the first shot was not even on paper!!! Pulled the bolt and looked down the barrel to see paper and then looked at the crosshairs of the scope… I guessed the first shot was at least 15” low and probably 6” wide right…
Made some ginormous click adjustments to hit paper…
2nd shot was 4” high and 3” left.
16 clicks down and 12 clicks right and shot #3 was right where I wanted it, 1.75” above POA
Shots 4 and 5 along with #3 made a 1” group… looking good so far…
then things got weird
#6 was low opening the group to 1.5”
#7 and #8 were wide right opening the group to 2.25”
Changed targets and went to the Federal 180 TBT ammo
Shot #1 was above POA by 5.5”; shots 2 and 3 came back down to 2.75” over POA in a .75” two shot cluster.
Dang
Changed targets and went back to the Hornady IB and a three shot group went into .35” but clustered only .75” above POA. Sweet but WTFO?
Changed targets and went back to the 180 TBT and a three shot group went into a 1” group and 3” above POA
MY one hour of range time was over so I packed up and went home to ponder the weirdness…
It was then that I saw the skid marks on the scope body… the scope had been moving forward under recoil… it had moved to the point where it could no longer slide any further.
Talk about feeling like a dumb@$$!!!
I am guessing the .35” group with the 180 IB was either a fluke or a sign of great things to come once I get the scope properly battened down to not move under recoil.
I love the 300 H&H… the recoil is more of an abrupt push than a hard punch. Or course this rifle setup probably weighs 9 lb…
Six months later it was still there so on a whim I bought it.
Ordered some Hornady 180 IB from Midway and went to the range with iron sights.
First two shots at 25 yards with irons were touching. That got me excited to buy a scope
Months went by…
Bought a ZX5 off of Eurooptics for a steal, and X-Bolt 30mm rings from Midway
Finally got it to the range yesterday.
At 100 yards the first shot was not even on paper!!! Pulled the bolt and looked down the barrel to see paper and then looked at the crosshairs of the scope… I guessed the first shot was at least 15” low and probably 6” wide right…
Made some ginormous click adjustments to hit paper…
2nd shot was 4” high and 3” left.
16 clicks down and 12 clicks right and shot #3 was right where I wanted it, 1.75” above POA
Shots 4 and 5 along with #3 made a 1” group… looking good so far…
then things got weird
#6 was low opening the group to 1.5”
#7 and #8 were wide right opening the group to 2.25”
Changed targets and went to the Federal 180 TBT ammo
Shot #1 was above POA by 5.5”; shots 2 and 3 came back down to 2.75” over POA in a .75” two shot cluster.
Dang
Changed targets and went back to the Hornady IB and a three shot group went into .35” but clustered only .75” above POA. Sweet but WTFO?
Changed targets and went back to the 180 TBT and a three shot group went into a 1” group and 3” above POA
MY one hour of range time was over so I packed up and went home to ponder the weirdness…
It was then that I saw the skid marks on the scope body… the scope had been moving forward under recoil… it had moved to the point where it could no longer slide any further.
Talk about feeling like a dumb@$$!!!
I am guessing the .35” group with the 180 IB was either a fluke or a sign of great things to come once I get the scope properly battened down to not move under recoil.
I love the 300 H&H… the recoil is more of an abrupt push than a hard punch. Or course this rifle setup probably weighs 9 lb…