7mm rem mag

[mtmuley]

If a rifle can't group 3 shots into acceptable accuracy without cooling between shots, down the road it goes. The op's groups, if at 300 yards are less than MOA from his description. Ethanb, post a target. mtmuley

 

[sbhooper]

Lead sleds wreck stocks....

if this is a light tapered barrel you need to let it cool between shots.

if the first two go where they should and the 3 wanders off it’s generally a barrel heating/bedding issue.

The only time that they can wreck stocks, is if you put a bunch of weight on them. I shot hundreds of rounds over them over a period of years with my 7 mags and other cartridges, without one, single issue. Lightly weight it and it is fine.

 

[Steiny]

+ 1 for dumping the Lead sled and using sand bags.

 

[Gunner46]

????? If your 1st shot hits right where you want it to, why would you even need a 2nd or 3rd shot?

 

[3855WIN]

What group do you get at 100 yards?

 

[golfer]

For a hunter, the first shot is the one that counts anyway. My best rifle will reliably shoot half MOA first shot.

I’m hoping all rifles shoot a one shot half moa group?!? One bullet hole to measure moa... how is this figured?

 

[Mudder]

I’m hoping all rifles shoot a one shot half moa group?!? One bullet hole to measure moa... how is this figured?

Easy..... you take a white hole patch, stick it in the center of the black on a bullseye target, then pick up a cold rifle and see where you hit on the patch. Let the rifle cool down and repeat.

Groups have no real worth in hunting situations except as practice or zeroing a scope. Or maybe a second shot. I put two in a Deer not long ago, first shot at 40 yards, the Deer took off at a right angle to my left and ran uphill, stopped to blow at the top of the ridge and I took a second shot at around 70 yards. Both bullet holes could be covered with a fifty-cent piece. Not exactly MOA but close enough. Some Deer die hard, this one had a heart that looked like Strawberry jam.

Three shot groups, five shot groups, kind of irrelevant in most hunting situations.

 

[Muley_Stalker]

Any reason you'd need more than two shots while hunting?

Especially, when using that much gun for deer.

 

[Preacher shaner]

I would have to ask. How much time are you letting you barrel cool between shots. I have a Ruger I. 6.5 manbun and it will put the frist 3 in a dime and the next two start creaping out to a quarter. Let it cool and its back to a dime. Thin barrels start moving with less heat than a heavy one