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Did the gun shoot better than this before? If it did and you have shot alot in the last 13years I would say copper fouling might be your issue.
+ 1 on the copper fouling,I bought a rifle from guy,he said it shot "OK" a winchester mod 70 spanky new in 1970,I bought it from the guy around 1991,was his wifes rifle that he had bought second hand.Sure enough it shot about like he said,good enough to hit a 3 inch circle at 100 yards.I coppered it out with some barnes juice and then cleaned the bejeezus out of it,and boy was it a project .Guess what, the thing will shoot lights out now, .243,75 grain accutip remmy factory ammo, 5 shot group at 100 at 3/8 of inch.I consider it to be my best gun buy yet whereas revenue spent goes,200 bucks.Quote from: hoyt2002 on September 30, 2013, 05:43:34 PMDid the gun shoot better than this before? If it did and you have shot alot in the last 13years I would say copper fouling might be your issue.
I'd try a new scope then if you got the time. If that don't work you have the new one already for the new rifle you pick up later.
If the scope is a Leupold, why don't you send it in for warranty repair?Also, put a different scope on and see if the results are repeatable. That will help you narrow it down to the gun, the ammo, or the optics.
I'm pretty certain the problem lies in your scope. If you were thinking about picking one up at all, this would be the time to do it, and send yours in for warranty.
I agree with JLS, find a scope and put it on. Also, it looks like the gun may not like the ammo your feeding it. I've shot that cheap Winchester power point out of a Browning BAR in 300 WM for years and it shoots fine and have killed a few dozen elk. At least a scope change will give you the peace of mind to pull the trigger?? Heck, there's plenty of <$100 scopes out there. My 2 cents...