Great advice and much appreciated!
I have had this rifle 5 years and I have killed a few deer with it, but they have all been under 50 yard shots. I have been shooting 4-5 rounds the last several evenings at 30 yards. Obviously, I will extend the range when I am satisfied with my groups. I'm zeroing at about 1" low. Any other help is much appreciated.
don't set your scope to max power , you see your wiggle and you try and compensate for it
some of my best groups have come 2 power at 200 yards holding the center of a stationary steel plate
seeing the micro detail like 12 power at 30 yards but you end up using fine motor movement to adjust and you don;t want to do that you want to set your body and break the shot body relaxed and pointing at the target.
focus on breathing , break the trigger at the bottom of your breath , used to be we taught exhale till your sight is on the target hold and squeeze
but the only way to be consistent and really get those groups other than a machine rest is control every factor and air all the way out is how you make sure you have the same breath in you every time
exhale , look , if your not where you need to be move , breath , exhale check , when your where you want to be when you look your done moving break the trigger.
middle of the index finger on the trigger no other part of the index finger touches the gun
solid cheek weld , goose neck out and drop all the way out is as close to the same as you get
if your cheek down solid on the stock leaves you looking at the top edge of the bolt , you need a cheek riser , a bag or build it up with sleeping pad and horse tape it needs to be firm and the right height that when you close your eyes goose neck out , drop the cheek weld you open your eyes centered on the scope
hold the trigger back after the shot till the recoil is over
for 308 I sight in at 200 yards to be perfect on , this puts me about 2 high at 100 and 3 low at 250 that covers the range that I would shoot
If you never shoot past 100 then sight in for 100
if you do shoot past 100 everything is low when sighted in for 100 yards to be right on
the same load that is 2 high at 100 on at 200 and 3 low at 250 is now on at 100 , 3 inches low at 200 and 8 inches low at 250
neither is wrong but one works the arc differently
what ever you set as your end range shoot every 50 yards to your range so if you decide 250 is the farthest you would shoot , then shoot at 50 100 150 200 250 and keep your data