Before Grandpa passed, he gave me his Remington 1100 with a bird barrel. Years went by after he passed and I only used it once or twice, because I'm not much of a small game hunter. So, to get more use out of it, I decided to get a hastings rifled barrled with a cantilever scope mount and added a Nikon Slughunter scope.
I took it to the range last night and could not get a good grouping out of it at all! First shot at 50 yards was off the paper (added new rings so I'm not too surprised). The guys at the range helped me get on paper with a bore sighter, then I started to make adjustments. I hit the bulls at 50, then 5" high at 100, which doesn't make sense to me. I made a few clicks to the south and was now 3" low at 100. Made two more clicks up and missed the paper all together.
Backed up to 50 and I'm on paper again. Two shots at 50 resulted in two hits but 8-9" apart in opposite directions, without making any changes.
Rings and all screws are tight, I had a rock solid rest, indoor range so take any crosswind out of the equation.
I'm thinking it's either due to a warm barrel or my gun just doesn't like Remington sabot slugs.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
The gun has great sentimental value to me, so getting a different shotgun is not an option. I am open to making modifications to this gun and making it a dedicated slug gun.
Thanks!
I took it to the range last night and could not get a good grouping out of it at all! First shot at 50 yards was off the paper (added new rings so I'm not too surprised). The guys at the range helped me get on paper with a bore sighter, then I started to make adjustments. I hit the bulls at 50, then 5" high at 100, which doesn't make sense to me. I made a few clicks to the south and was now 3" low at 100. Made two more clicks up and missed the paper all together.
Backed up to 50 and I'm on paper again. Two shots at 50 resulted in two hits but 8-9" apart in opposite directions, without making any changes.
Rings and all screws are tight, I had a rock solid rest, indoor range so take any crosswind out of the equation.
I'm thinking it's either due to a warm barrel or my gun just doesn't like Remington sabot slugs.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
The gun has great sentimental value to me, so getting a different shotgun is not an option. I am open to making modifications to this gun and making it a dedicated slug gun.
Thanks!
Need help Troubleshooting Grandpa's gun
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