Hey guys,

This past February, I bought an 11VT in .308 from Field and Stream, took it out back in march to get a feel for what kind of ammo it liked. Remembering that it had a 1 in 10 twist barrel, I bought mainly heavier grain bullets (165-180), but also grabbed a box of the cheap 150gr Winchester silver box. Out of the 5 different types of ammo I ran through it, it would shoot the 168gr Winchester Ballistic tips, and the 150gr Win silver box very well (both types gave me 1/2" or so goups @100). It would not group very well with any form of Federal ammo I fed it (165gr Fusions, 180gr powershoks) but the problem I was running into was that it was hitting about 5" to the right while shooting any Federal ammo, and I had to nearly max out my windage on my scope to get it to center with the Winchester ammo.

Fast forward to today, I had another chance to hit the range, took all the same ammo out with me this time. But I had a chance to take everything apart, tighten the bases and rings, made sure the action screws were tight, and I did a little work to the factory stock so I could actually get decent cheek weld. First three shots with the silver box winchesters were all touching, but still to the right. I ran the every last click of windage adjustment out of my scope, and finally got it to center up. Now, I've heard the Bushnell scope that comes with these guns are kinda cruddy, and for now I don't have any other scope to test on it. But could that be my issue? Or do you guys think something else might be happening? Crooked scope mounts? Rings somehow putting the scope in a bind? I've never really ran into this problem before, so any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys