- Joined
- Dec 7, 2013
- Messages
- 95
- Reaction score
- 27
I was planning to use my White Ultra Mag this year for Colorado's rifle season so I mounted a scope on it. First time I've shot this gun after refinishing a thumbhole stock that took me years searching for! I mounted a Nikon Monarch 4x12 scope on it and all looked good. I was using White Power Punch 460 gr. conicals, and started with 90 gr. of Pyrodex P. I shot at 50 yds first and adjusted a couple times until I was about 2 inches high. Then I shot everything else at 100 yds. I was shooting off a lead sled as well and started to get OK groups elevation-wise, then I noticed the two screws that anchor the stock to the barrel were a little loose, the rear screw more loose than than the center. So I tightened them using an std. allen wrench (no torque wrench). Then the bullets started hitting 8 inches high. For my shooting the left right accuracy was not great (maybe within 6 inches) but I haven't spent much time yet to fine tune my load. I was first surprised when my bullets jumped high but then my buddy asked about the screws I'd tightened so then I realized what happened. So, my question/problem is that I always take the gun down after sighting in to clean everything thoroughly so I'm concerned that every time I clean and reassemble, I'd have to reshoot to see where the gun is at considering the drastic change I had relative to tightening the screws. I don't want to have to do that and I'm thinking about going back to putting the peep on it but not sure if I'd still have the same potential issue. The barrels on Whites are very stout so I was surprised to see that much movement and wondered if in general the results would be similar with a peep. Have any of you experienced this problem and if so, how did you resolve it? The only 2 things I've thought of would be to bed the stock between both screws and to use a torque wrench. (I'd have to buy a wrench). (tried to add photod but it said they were too large? only 300 kb?)
Thoughts???
Thoughts???