Thread: Changes in the impact point

Originally Posted by Tussock

I had a plastic stocked savage 17HMR as I have said many time, with the worst tupaware stock ever made. The measured difference to POI from going from the bipod to a sandbag was 4" at 100m! I could not hit a rabbit with the thing, then I would go to the range to see what was wrong and shoot real bugholes with it. If I had 4" change with that thing, you can garuntee their are a few tupaware stocked centerfires that are similar.

Interesting, I swapped mine (22 rather than 17) to a laminate stock cos the flex annoyed me, but I never noticed a significant POI shift just better consistency with the stiffer stock. I guess flexy stock effect differs depending on harmonics etc and whether the flex creates contact with the barrel.

Agreed that its worth checking though, if it makes no difference it just makes you more confident in taking the shot so there is nothing to lose by testing except a bit of ammo.