01-03-2014, 06:36 PM
Drink plenty of water, eat well, and relieve yourself before hitting the range. Do not consume any caffeine. Set up your position while staring at the target, not the bench or ground. Get into a nice, comfortable position with a good rear bag, and go to sleep on the gun for 15 seconds, with your mind focused on putting a bullet through the center of the target. Go into several dry-firing drills, paying close attention to maintaining a great sight picture throughout the process of taking the shot.
Once you feel yourself enter the shooter's zen, single-feed your first round and see what happens. Then repeat this process with your 2nd-5th rounds and record the group. This should help diagnose several things at once:
* Cold bore shooter will be eliminated with dry-firing.
* The action's initial chambering without a buffer pad inertia bump will be duplicated with each single-fed cartridge.
Either the 1st round flyer will reappear, or it will disappear. If it disappears, move to a new aiming point on the target, adjust your natural point of aim to that point, and dry-fire into zen again.
Go to a 5rd magazine and chamber from bolt catch, then fire each round from the solid position into the new aiming point. Report the results.
Once you feel yourself enter the shooter's zen, single-feed your first round and see what happens. Then repeat this process with your 2nd-5th rounds and record the group. This should help diagnose several things at once:
* Cold bore shooter will be eliminated with dry-firing.
* The action's initial chambering without a buffer pad inertia bump will be duplicated with each single-fed cartridge.
Either the 1st round flyer will reappear, or it will disappear. If it disappears, move to a new aiming point on the target, adjust your natural point of aim to that point, and dry-fire into zen again.
Go to a 5rd magazine and chamber from bolt catch, then fire each round from the solid position into the new aiming point. Report the results.
