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Posted: 4/7/2014 11:33:05 AM EDT
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I finished a 5.56 AR build. I am having trouble getting my groupings tighter, especially very erratic from 100 yards. i'm really new to shooting; but i've shot in the past. It seems as if i'm moving too much while shooting although it doesnt feel like it. I have a RRA single stage trigger at the moment, should I be trying to get a two stage? would this help stabilize my shooting so that I can zero in the rifle? I understand that I need more range time and practice; but any suggestions would help.
The rest of the rife is stag 1:9 16" chrome lined barrel, yhm low profile gas, yhm free float diamond series, rainier upper, RRA BCG, BCM charging handle, Anderson lower, RRA trigger group, RRA Operator 6 pos stock. |
| I would check your groups at a closer range and increase distance in increments.....use the same ammunition....make sure you're doing all your fundamentals correctly and consistently etc etc etc blah blah blah......but personally I absolutely love my Geissele SSA-E 2 stage trigger on my rifle. |
| keep the stock trigger while you learn, I find learning or practicing with a crappy trigger to be beneficial, it forces to to really focus on the other aspects while you're waiting for that long, gritty, heavy trigger to break. dry fire at home, focus on sight alignment, sight picture, breath control while you are slowly applying pressure to the trigger. if you don't have any formal training I'd at least watch some videos online so you can see exactly what to work on. |
| OP, tell us what technique you are using when you shoot those groups? Off hand, prone, from a bench, with or without bags or support or bipod? Are you using iron sights, or an optic, and if so, what? In what manner are the groups erratic? Are they random, or do you have vertical or horizontal stringing, and how much? How are you mounting the rifle? What trigger technique are you using? All of that needs to be standardized in a manner to produce tight groups in keeping with the capabilities of the rifle, before you start thinking about a trigger modification or change. |
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