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I bought a Ridgeline 7mm-08 for my son for Christmas. We took it out a couple weeks ago to start the break in process. I shot the first couple rounds to make sure it wouldn't blow up and then turned the reigns over to my 12 year old. He shot 35 rounds and did great.
The gun was coming into shape when we left with 38 rounds fired. We followed CA's recommendations for break in procedure using Sweet's and finished with some Hoppe's #9 before putting the gun away for a few weeks. We left with my sons last 18 shots all hitting within a 6 inch circle at a hundred yards. Pretty good for the little man!
We took it out again this morning to finish up the break in with hopes of getting it zero'd In at 200 yards. He shot the first 6 shots, we cleaned it and then he shot 6 more. He was hitting all over the place. I was talking to him about making sure everything was perfect before pulling the trigger, breathe, etc. He was pretty confident that he was doing everything right and wanted me to shoot the gun a few times to help him zero it in.
I broke out the good ammo, as I was pretty confident the rifle was was just about broken in. Man o man! I couldn't hit anything. 10 shots down range made the target look like I was shooting a shot gun. Hmmm. Maybe the Nosler ammo was no good? I cleaned the rifle and sat down with a different box of Nosler ammo. Same results...
Any ideas?
I've sent a note to CA already...
We broke the rifle in with Hornday Whitetail 139 grain.
The good stuff that was also scattering was Nosler Trophy Grade 140 grain Accubonds.
We cleaned and scrubbed the rifle with Sweet's 7.62 followed by Hopes #9 before we put it away.
Temperature the first time was about 45-50 degrees.
Temperature when we started this am was about 39, likely 45 when we finished.
Scope is a Leupold VX5 and I'm pretty sure nothing happened to it, as I've been the only person to touch the rifle in between sessions.
Every screw is tight, as I've checked them all.
The gun was coming into shape when we left with 38 rounds fired. We followed CA's recommendations for break in procedure using Sweet's and finished with some Hoppe's #9 before putting the gun away for a few weeks. We left with my sons last 18 shots all hitting within a 6 inch circle at a hundred yards. Pretty good for the little man!
We took it out again this morning to finish up the break in with hopes of getting it zero'd In at 200 yards. He shot the first 6 shots, we cleaned it and then he shot 6 more. He was hitting all over the place. I was talking to him about making sure everything was perfect before pulling the trigger, breathe, etc. He was pretty confident that he was doing everything right and wanted me to shoot the gun a few times to help him zero it in.
I broke out the good ammo, as I was pretty confident the rifle was was just about broken in. Man o man! I couldn't hit anything. 10 shots down range made the target look like I was shooting a shot gun. Hmmm. Maybe the Nosler ammo was no good? I cleaned the rifle and sat down with a different box of Nosler ammo. Same results...
Any ideas?
I've sent a note to CA already...
We broke the rifle in with Hornday Whitetail 139 grain.
The good stuff that was also scattering was Nosler Trophy Grade 140 grain Accubonds.
We cleaned and scrubbed the rifle with Sweet's 7.62 followed by Hopes #9 before we put it away.
Temperature the first time was about 45-50 degrees.
Temperature when we started this am was about 39, likely 45 when we finished.
Scope is a Leupold VX5 and I'm pretty sure nothing happened to it, as I've been the only person to touch the rifle in between sessions.
Every screw is tight, as I've checked them all.