Finicky 270
I’ve been chasing my tail with a Savage 111 in 270 Winchester off and on for over a decade. Got the gun as a graduation present. It always shot like crap no matter what ammo I fed it. Started reloading a few years ago and have thrown good money after bad in reloading components trying to make the gun happy with something. Glass bedded the action a couple years ago too. This is the first 5- shot group I’ve ever achieved with it that was about MOA (I think it technically measured 1.1” with calipers). Strange thing is that it was shooting 2”-3” groups with the same loads an hour before. What changed is I decided to basically pull the gun into my shoulder and lean into it like I was about to fire something with considerable more recoil. I replicated it with a couple more groups about the same size. Has anyone else experienced this? Wondering if it points to a problem I could fix? Worth noting I compulsively use a torque wrench to tighten every fastener I can find a spec on. This load is Sierra 140gr TMK 0.060” off lands in star line brass with Federal LR match primers and H4350 going average 2935fps.