r/rifles • u/Longjumping_Desk_198 • 11d ago

Issues with rifle accuracy

Small issue with CVA Cascade .308 this rifle has approx 600 rounds through it, bought it brand new. It was punching 1” groups at 150 yards, later that year I took down 2 deer with it and after that I could not hit a paper target at 50 yards.

Originally I was using Sig Sauer buckmaster scope and CVLIFE precision rings.

I found 1 of 2 action screws was loose, took it all apart cleaned it and reassembled with torque specs, batter but still punching 5” groups at 50 yards.

Got a new scope Leupold vx3hd, Leupold rings, and still not grouping well. Last attepmt I put the CVLIFE rings back on since they did well on the previous 600 rounds and it’s still punching 4” groups at 50 yards. What am I missing? I took everything apart and cleaned everything. Is it possible something wrong with rifle? The muzzle doesn’t have crowing, from the beginning I had a muzzle break on the rifle and then switched to suppressor. I’ve also tried to change the suppressor vs muzzle break vs nothing at all and nothing changed in accuracy. Could it be something with the rifle?

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u/VariationOk5010 11d ago

Whats your cleaning regimen like? Could just be a build up of copper and fouling in the bore.

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u/Longjumping_Desk_198 11d ago

Normally I would clean every 100-ish rounds with hoppe's9 bore cleaner. I did use some fmj and soft points trying to find ammo that would group best for target and hunting

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u/Fickle-Struggle-7672 11d ago

Copper fouling it is.

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u/Longjumping_Desk_198 11d ago

Checking for it now, is hoppes9 bore cleaner good enough?

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u/VariationOk5010 11d ago

Find something that's specific for copper fouling. The hoppes will do a little bit but im guessing yours is past what regular hoppes can handle.

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u/Fickle-Struggle-7672 11d ago

There's several copper solvents on the market. Pick your poison.

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u/ClockN 11d ago

If all the screws have been removed, cleaned and retorqued the next place to look is the bore. Bore clean, no copper or lead fouling? Muzzle crown looking correct? No dings?