hi everyone,i'm trying to develop a .223 round for my axis and not having much luck,i am in the bull but groups are severely lacking!
i measured the seating depth and got 2.340 so i started to seat the bullets at 2.322 (0.018 off lands),2.320 (0.020 off lands) and 2.318 (0.022 off lands).
using 25gn of varget topped with a 55gn vmax projectile all cases are trimmed to 1.750.
the 2.320 grouped best at 0.020 off the lands but my goal is to tighten up the groups,some say i have the wrong model for that type of accuracy and i should look into a target,precision or law enforcement models from savage.
i'm using a 6-24x50 scope so i have a great view but to my great surprise i shot my buddy's tikka t3 hunter with a 3-9x44 with 25gn varget,55gn vmax seated at 0.022 off his lands and had no problems making clover leaves on the target at 100 yards,so it's not me.lol
one person said to stretch the bullet out further,even to the point of touching the lands?

any tips or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!