R
runningbear
Guest
Can anybody give me an idea about what causes horizontal stringing? Is it a bedding problem or most likely operator error.
J
Jan
Guest
..not using flags!
W
wolf gray
Guest
Jan,
Or having flags and not knowing how to read them. Don't ask me how I know.
Best,
Dan
"Where are we going and why am I in this basket?"
Or having flags and not knowing how to read them. Don't ask me how I know.
Best,
Dan
"Where are we going and why am I in this basket?"
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Donald
Guest
No flags. Or barrel indexed wrong. Just kidding..........Donald
. Just kidding..........Donald
M
Montana Pete
Guest
Sometimes a barrel may "walk" the bullets as you go from a cold barrel to a hot barrel.
This would probably be a bedding problem.
This would probably be a bedding problem.
Pete Wass
Well-known member
It's not all that uncommon - - -
I bought a Stevens 223 rifle this fall to plink with. Of course I want it to shoot dots so I have been trying to "Tune" it. The last time I went to the range with it I was testing with powder charge differences. The last group I shot walked across the paper nearly horizontal and I was shooting over my flags. I had been shooting triangles prior to this lot.
I have done the same with my BR rifles. Get them way out of tune and they will go horizontal sometimes.
The answer is to keep testing.
I bought a Stevens 223 rifle this fall to plink with. Of course I want it to shoot dots so I have been trying to "Tune" it. The last time I went to the range with it I was testing with powder charge differences. The last group I shot walked across the paper nearly horizontal and I was shooting over my flags. I had been shooting triangles prior to this lot.
I have done the same with my BR rifles. Get them way out of tune and they will go horizontal sometimes.
The answer is to keep testing.
S
SooStan
Guest
When I jam my bergers too hard I get horizontal stringing. I also found a problem once with my cheek pressure in that I would tighten my jaw in anticipating recoil pushing on the stock causing horizontal problems.
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Big Al
Guest
The Technical Term, people out west use is the "WIND"!
I'm not sure what the technical term folks on the east coast use?
John Kielly
Shari's fan club
It's a matter of perspective.
Centrefire benchresters with pretty much perfectly selected & assembled equipment and proven loading & firing technique have properly concluded that when you get the vertical right with a load, the horizontal must follow. In other disciplines where the rules mandate limitititions one way or another, we find that both horizontal & vertical can be effected by all the elements above - just the same as happens with factory guns.
If you've posted about a centrefire benchrest rig, ignore this.
John
Centrefire benchresters with pretty much perfectly selected & assembled equipment and proven loading & firing technique have properly concluded that when you get the vertical right with a load, the horizontal must follow. In other disciplines where the rules mandate limitititions one way or another, we find that both horizontal & vertical can be effected by all the elements above - just the same as happens with factory guns.
If you've posted about a centrefire benchrest rig, ignore this.
John
TomD
e publius unum
In addition to all the other mentioned things, I've found that side to side slop between the front bag and stock fore end will cause horizontal.
Try looking through your scope while dry firing. The scope will jump when the trigger is pulled, will the cross hairs settle back to the same place?
Try looking through your scope while dry firing. The scope will jump when the trigger is pulled, will the cross hairs settle back to the same place?
Pete Wass
Well-known member
When one tests - -
Say, 6 different configurations and one of them is horizontal, I think, considering some of us have been doing this for a few years and some of us actually know something about reading wind flags, it is possible to get horizontal groups, Period, end.
Say, 6 different configurations and one of them is horizontal, I think, considering some of us have been doing this for a few years and some of us actually know something about reading wind flags, it is possible to get horizontal groups, Period, end.