Help w/Horizontal drift

[Togno]

[LynnJr]

Take the scope and rings off of the gun and cycle the bolt several times.Now remove the bases and cycle the gun to see if a base screw is hitting a locking lug..It is common to put too long of a base screw in the front hole.

If that isn't the problem and everything was tight put a different scope on it.

[dskit]

The give away is the "youth stock". The length of pull is too short for you and you are having a hard time getting settled behind the rifle with a the butt solidly in your shoulder and are also likely craning your neck to get the scope relief correct. This will lead to horizontal stringing. This is a marksmanship and rifle fit issue.

[ar15barrels]

The give away is the "youth stock". The length of pull is too short for you and you are having a hard time getting settled behind the rifle with a the butt solidly in your shoulder and are also likely craning your neck to get the scope relief correct. This will lead to horizontal stringing. This is a marksmanship and rifle fit issue.

Especially combined with a scope that does not offer parallax adjustment, or a scope that has parallax adjustment that is not properly adjusted.

[russ69]

I'm not sure six inches is a lot, maybe the scope is bad?

[Togno]

Ok, just to clarify: the drift occurrs when it is in a lead sled. So I don't think it is my shooting. In addition, this also happens when my son shoots the gun. Lastly, my scope does have parallax adjustment

[Fjold]

Depending on how fast you shoot the first 5 shots it could be the barrel heating up and pressing on the side of the stock.

[sdnative13]

I would shoot five let the barrel completely cool (20-30 minutes) then shoot another 5. If it still happen then I'd say try a different scope.