2" difference between cold shot versus warm

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Maybe the box was damaged in shipping. Just a thought.

Not likely. The original box was well packed inside of a larger box.

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Got to the range Sunday, but was only able to put a few rounds through it. Most importantly, the first 4 rounds stayed in a group, they didn't string verticaly. For the three months that this rifle has been scoped, the first 3 or 4 shots, NEVER stayed in a group. They have always strung verticaly. Seems funny that the first time this happens is after it came back from factory, even though they say that they didn't do anything to it.

I plan to get to the range tomorrow for some more extenive testing. Btw, they are sending me a label to put on the returned box to make it the new 'original' box. I forgot to mention that the rifle came back with a new magazine. (I didn't send one) Maybe that was help offset shipping costs.