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    I will add.

    Are you chamfering your case mouths ? I am sure you are but just asking.
    Are you annealing the cases ??

    If you are not neck turning and have thick necks and or not annealing, you could have high bullet tension
    and that could affect accuracy. Also if you are not chamfering the case mouth you could be gouging the bullet when you press it in.

    Not saying thats it but just taking a guess at the accuracy issue.

    Edit - just read where you are also using 30-06 brass too. Are you using mixed brass brands/types or sorting when dialing in groups ??

    Honestly sometimes these sorts of problems are an incredible PIA to figure out.

    What Scope and Rings ??

    If it were me I think I would start over, double check the scope, rings, mount, free float especially the tang, make sure the recoil lug is making full contact and the recoil is not going into the action screws, check the barrel neck diameter and make sure you have the correct clearance at the neck diameter, set up some matched and fire formed 30-06 brass, make sure the donut is turned off and neck annealed, IE clean up the neck and prep it the best you can, then find an accuracy load online sort your brass and bullets and try that and make sure you are not flinching etc etc.
    Last edited by tammons; 10-19-2013 at 12:12 PM.

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