Frustrated by my poor shooting!

[steve210]

Okay, here is what we have discovered, I think we found the problem, the BAT action had the pic rail and I know it takes short screws and installed them BUT I must have torqued the rear down first so the front felt solid, come to find out they were not short enough! I've run into the short screw problem but not like this as they were short. Makes you shake your head sometimes. The second gun was a bedding problem, (smith not to be named, not looking to hurt anyones rep, and may not have been his problem?) did the build, he now has it and suppose to ship back to me tomorrow, fingers crossed. The bolt would go in 7/8 of the way but would bind. Loosen the action screw and it worked fine.

I certainly hope you haven't lost a year of shooting over this. When a gun quits shooting, something loose or a bad scope should be the first things to check. If bases and rings are tight then the only thing left is a loose barrel or it's coming unglued. Shooting a known good gun and having a known good shooter shoot yours should be done sooner rather than later. People are hesitant to blame their equipment but remember if man built it, it will break. I wish you good shooting going forward!