Gents,

I have been having trouble getting acceptable results from my Knight Elite. I have a Leupold scope on the rifle that went back to the factory last year to be repaired because I could not get the rifle to group. Since then I have been using my other ML's for shooting an hunting. The groups look a little better than before the scope repair, but still not that great. I don't think it is operator error because I can group 2" with my BK92 will open sights.

The details are as follows:

BH209 with Winchester primers. The rifle is equiped with a Lehigh conversion. The bullet is a 240gr. Harvester Scorpion PT. The sabot is Harvester H5045SB. The range is 100 yards. I fired one three shot group with a)100 grains of powder, one with b)110 grains and one with c)120 grains. As you can see from the photos, it seems to like 120 grains of powder with this bullet/sabot combination. I adjusted the scope down three inches and fired two more groups d) & e). As you can see the last two opened up alot. This was a similiar problem before Leupold reworked the scope. It is now less pronounced, but the rifle still makes fliers. I can usually count on one flyer out of five shots. As noted above I can beat these groups with my open sighted BK92.

I did spend some time in the Marine Corps and would consistantly score 270 to 280 at my range qualification each year. I do know proper technique and have been very careful with each of these groups. I think the problem is something else, but I don't know what. Any help is appreciated.