The story (short version honest), my Rem 700 VSSF II with 26" barrel would not shoot factory ammunition of any weight under 1", so I started reloading my own with lot's of help from this site & ended up with 25.1gr RE-10x, 39gr SBK @ 2.30" COAL which grouped .385 @ 100yds.
Then I had the barrel reduced from 26" to 23" with a new lapped crown & threaded for a sound moderator by a very experianced riflesmith, it will now shoot Hornady 32gr factory loads through ragged holes @ 100yds as can be seen in the photo, very happy.
Here's the problem, I shot my hand load & although the three groups are about 1" they are in vertical strings & I don't have the experiance to interpret the results, what would you do to improve this load?
Here are a few things it isn't, loose action in stock, action bedding, barrel touching stock etc. as the near one hole groups were fired just before the hand load target.
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Many thanks for you help
regards Mark