Thread: Diagnosing a accuracy problem with my .222

Team I need help.

I bought a BSA Majestic .222, looks the business, BSA fans froth at the mouth looking at it, but the sad news is that it does not group.

I've tried various factory rounds, my handloads, friends handloads, I've changed scopes, rings, and had friends shoot it to rule me and the optics out of the problem. The trigger is great, breaking at around 3lbs.

I've had it bedded and free floated, I've tried 40, 45, 50, 52 Match, 55 SP projectiles, AR2207, AR2206H, AR2208.

Always the same result, 2 or 3 or 4 in a nice tight group, and the rest 2 to 4 inches away at 100m.

Alan Carr thinks he can see minor pitting in the last 3 inches of the barrel, another respected friend thinks it has been mildly ringed in the same place, while I use the same eyeball method I can't see any issues myself. But something is amiss, and I need to find out what that is.

Does anyone know someone in the Wellington or nearby areas who has a borescope, or an air gap measuring device that can definitely diagnose whether my barrel has an issue?

Any help or suggestions appreciated, perhaps I have other options I have yet to try to diagnose this problem.