ok - I've been shooting my 93 in 22WMR enough this summer to get real comfortable with it. I've been playing with a copy of a target from "smack the smiley" in which you have to shoot your first shot from a cold bore, i.e. the first shot of the day. Ever since I started shooting this gun, my first cold bore shot will go 3/4 to 1" high at 50 yds. I've done this enough to believe that it's not just me yanking the first round. What I don't understand is the mechanics of that first shot. My point of aim doesn't change from the 1st to the 50th, but after that first round I can consistently hold .5" groups below that first cold bore shot. I wouldn't think a 22WMR would produce enough heat in the barrel to make THAT much difference on one shot.

Any thoughts?