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Message: <blockquote data-quote="red dirt shootist" data-source="post: 4243794" data-attributes="member: 52708"><p>I'm not familiar with the Patriot rifle. It sounded like a bedding problem to me, but you said it doesn't jump around with factory ammo, but it doesn't shoot well either. Torquing the screws is good, but if the bed is bad it won't ever shoot. As your barrel heats, check to make sure it is still floating. Check your scope mounts. Then load up your reloading gear, pack a lunch, spend a day at the range, that's where one hole loads are born. Consistency in your loading, the way you hold your rifle in the bags, getting comfortable at the bench, sun vs clouds, everything matters. Change one variable at a time, think about that change, read your primers. You can also mark your cases, see if it's the same case that always blows your group.</p></blockquote><p></p>