Thread: Problematic 6mm Remington

My 6mm Remington Mauser is proving problematic...
(This may be more than a reloading issue, but I am looking into all possibilities.)
- I had the barrel fitted (a used parker hale barrel) by the gunsmith, who also bedded the rifle, and declared it to be all good.
- Bought some PPU 6mm Rem (100gr) and attempted to zero it. 10-12" groups!
- If I have measured the twist correctly it is 1-10"
- Scope is not loose. Confident scope is not damaged (Leupold VX1 in exc cond)
- On the possibility that the 100gr projectiles were just not suitable for that bore I tried the following loads with the following results :

43gr Win760, 90gr ELDX (Top pic)
and 44gr Win 760, 80gr Speer flat base SP



As you can see, terrible! I'm sure I pulled the odd one, but I don't shoot this badly!

Are there any glaring possibilities of this being an ammunition issue?

The other possibility is the stock. The forewood is very thin, and not completely symmetrical. A small part of the forewood is just very lightly touching the side of the barrel (barely enough to hold a piece of paper), but its not far from the chamber end where the barrel is heavier. Surely that is not causing such wild groups? But I will take some sandpaper to it if there are no obvious options with the reloading side.

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