Ok guys, it is time I lose a little pride. I have a Rem. 700 BDL SS in 300RUM. I have done a little work, like pillar bedded, trigger adjusted, and barrel free floated. I shoot both factory and handloads. I can get about 1.5"- 2" groups at 100 yards consistently with factory loads. Had Rem. look at it and they sent me a letter saying they got .9" or so groups saying no problem found except for rough throat. Had the local range officer shoot it. He got great groups. All subMOA. When I shoot at the range, I shoot on sandbags and only hold the gun with my right hand and stock against my shoulder. He was holding the front of the stock with his left hand. Do you think he outshot me do to this? Maybe muzzle jump? Is it possible I am flinching? My groups did tighten up alot when I lowered the trigger from 6lbs to 2lbs. I try to shoot every week so I am working on it.

I got another 300RUM in the 700P tactical model with the bull barrel and H-S stock for a great price. Since this gun is so much heavier than the 700BDL , the recoil seems not near as severe. Right off the bat, I am getting MOA groups. Which leads me to believe that I am torquing the gun somehow due to the expected recoil on the BDL. Any suggestions. I may be getting ready to sell the BDL due to this, but wanted it to work well for a trip to canada this year. Would hate to have to pack that 14lb gun with the bull barrel 10 miles a day. I could always group well with my 243's, 270's and 308's in the 700 BDL models but have had trouble with this magnum. Makes it hard to test loads.