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Old February 21, 2013, 07:44 AM   #5
Dan Newberry
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Join Date: October 3, 2012
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It looks like your next accuracy node will be at 36.0 grains... you can go there if you didn't see any pressure signs at 35.8 grains.

Lots of rimfire practice for trigger control will help. Shoot at 25 yards at tiny dots with a good .22LR, scoped, of course.

Dry firing your rifle won't hurt it (most designs, anyway)... so you can do some of that.

Shooting off a bi-pod works well, but from a bench you need to put a folded towel or cloth under the rubber feet, as they'll drag and jump on recoil, messing up your groups.

A good sandbag under the back of the stock is very important. They're easy to make from old blue jean legs, filled with sand.

Get your scope adjusted well... if it's a model with a focus adjustment, dial it until the target is clear, and there is no parallax, which means when you move your eye left to right the target doesn't "dance around" behind the crosshairs.

Focus your scope's reticle... that's done with the eyepiece, where you turn it (sometimes you have to turn it a lot, depending on the design) to sharpen the crosshairs. Do this while looking at a white, blank wall, or just up at the sky (not at the sun, of course! )...

Getting the trigger lightened helps a lot.

And there are many other techniques that others will share, I'm sure. I'm looking forward to learning here as well.

Dan
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