Went to the range lasy night and shot the .300 win, first time since it was bedded and re-barreled, action trued up etc.

Is it normal for my 180 gr NPT load (73 gr RL 22) to hit a foot higher at 100 than my 200 gr Accubond load ( 70 gr Rl 22)?

I cleaned after every 4 shots, Do I need to also oil to neutralize the Butch's? I was curious that if the barrel was damp with Butch's and I shot it, Am I kinda burning the Butch's on to the barrel? The barrel is stainless.

What methods do you guys use to help control heartbeat? I didn't shoot with a rear bag last night and I really noticed my heartbeat. I don't know if it was that I finally got a decent scope and I could see it well, or that I was just excited alittle because I haven't shot in 6 months. Does a rear bag help alot? I have never used one.
I did manage a couple of 1" groups and one that was .62". Obviously the rifle shoots better than I do. Thanks

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Is it normal for my 180 gr NPT load (73 gr RL 22) to hit a foot higher at 100 than my 200 gr Accubond load ( 70 gr Rl 22)?

Lets just say it's not abnormal. It could have been almost anywhere different. A foot is a lot but accept it for what it is...it's a good lesson on the subject of sighting in with one load and hunting with another.

Push a dry, clean patch through to get oil etc out of the bore before shooting. I Make sure my chamber is wiped clean of oil with a 45 cal mop also.

its easy to control heartbeat - just stop it
In reality it takes a lot of shooting to learn the trick of heartbeat. You will find that you make a horizontal figure 8 with heartbeat you have to learn to have the trigger break in the same place in the figure 8 each time. I usually tried to have it break on the downward swing just before the apex, but this is to each his own thing. like i said however, it will take lots of shooting until you learn this. in the meantime just concentrate on sight picture and trigger squeeze

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What methods do you guys use to help control heartbeat? I didn't shoot with a rear bag last night and I really noticed my heartbeat. I don't know if it was that I finally got a decent scope and I could see it well, or that I was just excited alittle because I haven't shot in 6 months. Does a rear bag help alot? I have never used one.
I did manage a couple of 1" groups and one that was .62". Obviously the rifle shoots better than I do. Thanks

Deep breathing will help your beats a bit.

Rear bag and bench rest is the only way to go if you want to see how it will really group. Nothing wrong at all just shooting w/ a front rest, I know several fellas that do it but, if you want to find the rifles true ability, it's best toi have both ends of the stock well supported.

Good Luck

Reloader

Thanks I did notice the figure 8 pattern. I am going to get a rear bag , that should help. It is nice to know that it is me and not the rifle. I knew just about where every shot was going,. Kevin Rayhill did a heck of a job with it. Practice won't hurt either. Thanks Guys

While shooting off a good solid rest looking through your scope at the target, take in a breath and hold it, don't exhale, count to seven. Somewhere in the count sequence your figure eight movements will quieten down and the crosshair will settle down. At this point you need to be ready to fire. Usually it will happen around the seven count. Just try it next time at the range to see if it helps. Don't keep holding your breath if you don't fire at the count but take another breath or two and repeat the breath, hold it, count sequence. Not an expert myself but the above does work for shooting groups from the bench.

With out a rear bag your groups will be all over the place. You can practice yuor breathing by dryfiring, empty rifle. Allows you a lot of practice w/o worrying about flinching. You don't need to dry the bore completely but I wouldn't want to shoot a "wet" bore either.