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Message: <blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2783873" data-attributes="member: 15054">I will add this on consistency. I agree with all the above, but something that will make your groups not as accurate is the way you hold the rifle.If you put your cheek in a different spot or if you put the front or rear rest in a different spot  you can change where the bullet lands.Placing your thumb on the barrel during a shot can pull the shot, make it look like you got an unexplained flier from the  load.I used to shoot from a homemade rest that held the front of the gun and held the butt like the lead sled type rest.I found that when I shot with no rest the bullets did not group the same and point of impact shifted.So I no longer use that rest because it does not duplicate what happens in the field when hunting.So be very consistent in where you place the bags or how you hold the gun.</blockquote>