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Accuracy issues - who or what is to blame?
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<blockquote data-quote="Frosty5050" data-source="post: 2394109" data-attributes="member: 119403"><p>I bought a Remington 700 Police .308 Winchester from a guy who said it "wouldn't shoot". He said his round count was about 300 rounds and he just couldn't make it shoot under 2" so I got it from him at a super good price. I can't comment on what his shooting skills were because those I didn't observe, nor his ammo choices. Once I had the rifle in hand I of course tossed the factory trigger and replaced it with a Timney. As I was doing this, I figured out that the rifle probably hadn't been cleaned for those 300 rounds. After two days of cleaning, including foam, brushing and J-B, I took the rifle out with some Hornady Match Ammo and some 165 grain Nosler partition handloads. The rifle shot the match ammo into 1/2 inch at 100 yards and the partition load in 3/4 inch. In this case, maintenance of the rifle appeared to be what caused the claim of it being inaccurate. There are tons of components to accuracy, aren't there?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frosty5050, post: 2394109, member: 119403"] I bought a Remington 700 Police .308 Winchester from a guy who said it "wouldn't shoot". He said his round count was about 300 rounds and he just couldn't make it shoot under 2" so I got it from him at a super good price. I can't comment on what his shooting skills were because those I didn't observe, nor his ammo choices. Once I had the rifle in hand I of course tossed the factory trigger and replaced it with a Timney. As I was doing this, I figured out that the rifle probably hadn't been cleaned for those 300 rounds. After two days of cleaning, including foam, brushing and J-B, I took the rifle out with some Hornady Match Ammo and some 165 grain Nosler partition handloads. The rifle shot the match ammo into 1/2 inch at 100 yards and the partition load in 3/4 inch. In this case, maintenance of the rifle appeared to be what caused the claim of it being inaccurate. There are tons of components to accuracy, aren't there? [/QUOTE]
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