Gentlemen and Ladies:

I shoot several vintage military rifles: M1 Garand, SMLE N.4 Mk2, Krag 30/40, Springfield 03/A3. With all of these rifles I am unable to get 3 shot groups smaller than 4-5 inches. Two shot groups are typically 1.5-2 inches center to center. I surmise that this must be due to the barrel heating up and bearing on the wood of the stock on one side or the other. It is just amazing how often I find this problem. I even have a Ruger M77 30/06 that does the same thing. From a practical standpoint this is not a big deal for me, but I was wondering how many other members find this to be the case with their rifles.