Settling in a new rifle.

[BlackWolf Craig]

Then it sounds as others have said, somethings adrift.
What scope is on it?

It’s a Zeiss V6 Conquest that’s only 4 months old and was working just fine on my 243. Got Tier 1 rings as well

 

[BlackWolf Craig]

Rail is loose on the action or the stock is touching the barrel or the action screws are loose.

Failing that get someone else to shoot it to rule you out.

Sounds like my first course of action this morning should be to clean the barrel and then refit the scope after checking the torque of pretty much every screw!

 

[ChesterP]

It may be one of the above or it may be the factory ammo not suiting the barrel. I'd re-check nothing's loose, remove the action to check bedding, replace and re-torque bolts, clean the barrel (if used, it pays to do a deep carbon clean to eliminate any carbon rings which may be close to the throat), then after a few cold bore shots, chose the ammo you used for the 1" group and try a few 5 shot groups leaving a minute or so between each shot. Worth also bearing in mind gun fit. If you don't take the same cheek weld position every single time, you'e going to throw your groups off. Also concentrate on trigger technique. Dry fire a number of rounds keeping your eye on target and not altering cheek position. Ensure you're not gripping the grip too tightly as this can throw shots off. Just your thumb bracing the grip from behind with a loose grip to the trigger finger and using just the front finger pad, ensure you're squeezing consistently so that the trigger break is consistent...don't pull the shot. If all of that fails, you may want to try other factory brands on ammo that suit the rifle and stick with them. Worth also checking the scope mounts and doing a scope tracking tall target test to ensure it's not a scope issue.

 

[Porpoise]

I had similar problem with my Bergara. In my case it was the scope mount. I have replaced the aluminium rings with steel ones and it worked.

 

[BlackWolf Craig]

I had similar problem with my Bergara. In my case it was the scope mount. I have replaced the aluminium rings with steel ones and it worked.

I’ve got a decent set of Tier 1 rings, so hope it’s not that, have re torques everything though, so hopefully if it was something coming loose I’ve sorted it…

 

[Frank Alc]

Relatively old thread but, did you sort the thing out ?
I am having similar problems with a sako and would like to know the outcome of your case.
Thx

 

[303British]

If you got a decent group first time it does sound like something has come loose, I would check everything over, torque all the fixings and shoot it without the mod on.

Suspect something is loose. Consider trying a different scope as well.

Did you get a look up the bore with a bore scope? Worth a look up the mod for any baffle strikes aswell.

Write a list and work your way through it.

Don't leave it too long if you are even considering going back to the dealer though.