frostfire
10-20-2011, 12:41
I had always thought bench shooting with rest is way more stable than prone. Thus, if I can hold 1 MOA and less prone, bench should be a breeze. Wrong. Shot the OBR bench with 168FGMM, 175 FGMM, and prvi 168 and 175 (yeah, I know). Two rounds touching here and there but overalll still a 3min+ groups. Had other shooter at the range try it with same results. I was concerned it's turning out as $$$ scatter gun.
I told Larue and while they asked for additional info/testing, they overnighted another upper anyway with the usual goodies :eek: These guys don't dick around. Talking about solid customer service and troop support. I'm scared of calling them now for fear of wasting their time/resources...again.
Then master Rick worked his magic and had me shoot prone. Big change. Nothing wrong with the rifle. Nothing wrong with my belly-shooting either, but now I learn that bench without bolting the rifle down require more focus/skill with weighing down the rifle with proper spot weld and pulling that stick in...hard.
One of the group is from M110, showing excellent accuracy of a well-selected rifle with scrutinized M118LR lot: <1 MOA 6 rds group with a flyer and appoaching 1/4 MOA 3 shots group. Keep in mind the paper target was flapping under steady wind so actual zero-wind groups would be even smaller. I was baffled and midly ticked off that the M110 that I had never touched before was easier to shoot and I shot it better than the OBR :boohoo Must be that ingrained affinity to the A2 stock...
Anyway, in a long convoluted way I just wanted to say that if your bench grouping sucks and you are a decent trigger puller, try prone with bipod :o
I told Larue and while they asked for additional info/testing, they overnighted another upper anyway with the usual goodies :eek: These guys don't dick around. Talking about solid customer service and troop support. I'm scared of calling them now for fear of wasting their time/resources...again.
Then master Rick worked his magic and had me shoot prone. Big change. Nothing wrong with the rifle. Nothing wrong with my belly-shooting either, but now I learn that bench without bolting the rifle down require more focus/skill with weighing down the rifle with proper spot weld and pulling that stick in...hard.
One of the group is from M110, showing excellent accuracy of a well-selected rifle with scrutinized M118LR lot: <1 MOA 6 rds group with a flyer and appoaching 1/4 MOA 3 shots group. Keep in mind the paper target was flapping under steady wind so actual zero-wind groups would be even smaller. I was baffled and midly ticked off that the M110 that I had never touched before was easier to shoot and I shot it better than the OBR :boohoo Must be that ingrained affinity to the A2 stock...
Anyway, in a long convoluted way I just wanted to say that if your bench grouping sucks and you are a decent trigger puller, try prone with bipod :o