Why am i shooting to the left

[milo-2]

Although, at 600, he'll need to aim 3" to the right lol

I have to ask, partly because I did not read all the posts, and for clarification, is this whole thread about missing bullseyes by 3" to the left out to 800 yards? If so, at 3-500 yards it is a slight concern, after that ???? ????

 

[nealm66]

This post has definitely went a long ways. It's really about conflict between kestrel info and actual point of impact being off consistently between 3-6" to the left at 5-600 yards but then at a different place having the groups come back to center with more than one rifle/cartridge. It's repeatable enough that I can aim or subtract a click or 2 to the right and become centered which I've done with multiple rifles at 600 but haven't tested them all to 1000. The place at 1000 could be wind pushing back to center but never appears to be the case. With the holidays coming I don't know if I'll be able to test some of the suggestions before hand. I do have another 600 yard match on the 21'st and need to do some more tuning on the rifle I'm going to use but time isn't on my side. It's the stupid match that actually triggered me to figure this out as I lost the center X kitty$ by about 1/2" lol

 

[Pro2A]

This has been driving me nuts. I do a lot of load work up for various cartridges and rifles and everything I shoot starts to walk over to the left from where my Kessler or Hornady app tells me it should out to about 800 yards and then comes back to center about 1000. Wth? I've ordered a couple of those scope levels to try but I'm not feeling confident. It varies with different cartridges and is usually about 2-6" at 600 yards. It's definitely repeatable and I usually just aim to the right a little. Bergers and Hornady and hammers, don't matter. What am I doing wrong?

Parallax issue???? Do you accurately adjust your parallax? Also, what type of scope? Have you confirmed tracking via tall target test? What about wind issues? Is there a topographical feature impacting your wind calls at specific ranges? Incorrec/inconsistent position building can also impact recoil management and accuracy.

 

[nealm66]

Probably a pain but worth the read of the whole thread before making any suggestions. These are 10 shot groups and they're pretty tight, just not centered. I'm hoping to get over and shoot a mile for the first time here pretty soon and would be nice to have any bugs cleared up.

 

[Pro2A]

A tall target test won't tell you why you're shooting left or right! It is used to help calculating a scope's correction factor (if it is actually moving as much as it should or differently). My guess its head position.

http://www.nvisti.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ABDOC123_TallTarget.pdf

Needs to shoot "the box" with tall target testing to confirm accurate/repeatable tracking vertically as well as horizontally.