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Background - I own 3 CA Ridgelines. All of them have shot 1/2 MOA with factory premium ammo.
Recently I picked up another Ridgeline and went through the barrel break in process shooting only Hornady Precision Hunter. I have a total of around 150-200 rounds through it now.
Initially the gun was printing 1/2" three shot groups all day. Now the gun has slowly grown to .8-.9" groups and I can't explain why. I've taken the gun apart, re-torqued all bolts including the scope and mounts too. I've cleaned the gun down to spotless with WipeOut and Montana Extreme copper fouling.
What am I missing? The scope is Leupold VX6, so not a cheap scope.
My next step is to try some different ammo, but that seems odd bc it was shooting Hornaday great an now is less great. Could be the scope I suppose. Anything I'm missing that more experienced guys could point out??
FYI - Already called CA. They were super nice and said the next steps are what I just laid out above (new ammo and try different scope). They offered to have it shipped back for review if I'm unhappy with the accuracy. It's within their MOA guarantee so I'm thinking is something that isn't so obvious to me.
Recently I picked up another Ridgeline and went through the barrel break in process shooting only Hornady Precision Hunter. I have a total of around 150-200 rounds through it now.
Initially the gun was printing 1/2" three shot groups all day. Now the gun has slowly grown to .8-.9" groups and I can't explain why. I've taken the gun apart, re-torqued all bolts including the scope and mounts too. I've cleaned the gun down to spotless with WipeOut and Montana Extreme copper fouling.
What am I missing? The scope is Leupold VX6, so not a cheap scope.
My next step is to try some different ammo, but that seems odd bc it was shooting Hornaday great an now is less great. Could be the scope I suppose. Anything I'm missing that more experienced guys could point out??
FYI - Already called CA. They were super nice and said the next steps are what I just laid out above (new ammo and try different scope). They offered to have it shipped back for review if I'm unhappy with the accuracy. It's within their MOA guarantee so I'm thinking is something that isn't so obvious to me.
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