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
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
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
