Ok, heres the deal. I have a remington model 700 300-06. It's stainless steel with the black synthetic stock with a nikon buckmasters 3x9x40 scope. I have missed 3 deer with this gun this year and cannot figure out why. It's either 3 causes: the gun, scope, or me.

I sighted it in at 110 yds on the hood of my truck with the gun laying on top of a corn bag. This setup was very steady and secure. Started off using cheap bullets from walmart and they were perfectly in line but high. I lowered and it was still in line left to right but still about 4 inches or so high. I clicked the scope downwhere it should have been close to the bullseye, but that shot went probably a couple inches low, which I didnt click it far enough to be that low. I then switched to my federal 165 grain ballistic tips and they shot even lower and a few inches to the left. I then got frustrated and left because it still wasnt patterning good, and I'm pretty damn sure it wasnt me jerking. Came back that evening shooting the ballistic tips, and first shot was a couple inches high, right where the last cheap bullet hit. I dialed it back down and it hit bullseye and that was it. I was like damn, this thing hasnt ever been this dead on.

I know this is starting to become a long story, but to make it shorter I've missed 3 deer with it. I killed one at 50 yds, but blewher stomach out and had to shoot again.Shot low and to the left like it was doing the first time sighting it in. Could it be the gun itself thats screwed up? What about the scope? I've never been able to pattern this gun and even had others to shoot it this year, and they were all over the place.