ORIGINAL: oldrookie
This question is for all the range rats out there. I was at the range last night tweaking my hunting load. The first 5 rounds were a couple inches high and inch and a half left of the bull. The group itself was good (by my standards). I adjusted the scope down 6 clicks. The next 5 rounds grouped well but were a inch high and about inch and a half to the right.
The only adjustment to the scope was high/low. Why would this make a difference in the grouping from left to right? By the way, the distance was 100 yards and the load was 245g, 100g 777 pellets and 777 primer.
That is just variation about a "mean" or central tendacy of your shot. It is human to be consistently inconsistent. I use a Black and Decker work bench and put a cloth to hold my gun in it, and I still have variation at 100 yards. It doen't sound to me that you scope clicks are accuate.
Chap