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Accurizing a Rem .270 win CDL SF
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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Cram" data-source="post: 527896" data-attributes="member: 2215"><p>99% of barrels will shoot better if they are fully free floated. On a rare occasion and usually on very thin contoured barrel will one need a pressure point. I've only ever ran into one barrel that shot better with the pressure pad. This particular rifle no matter what you tried in it would not shoot any smaller than 1 1/2 moa. I tried the barrel free floated first, then after it didn't do what we hoped I mounted the stock in a fixture that would allow me to hang a string of weight off of the front swivel stud. I mixed up some marine tex, dolloped about a 1" long blob into the front of the barrel channel. I hung 20 lbs of weight from the front swivel then dropped the barreled action back in the stock to cure. Once dry I cleaned everything up and when removing the weights I now had 20 lbs of upward pressure. The rifle was no tack driver before or after but it did knock it down to under 1 moa. If your shooting a pencil thin barrel don't expect bench rest accuracy from it. Barrel whip is much greater on thinner contour barrels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Cram, post: 527896, member: 2215"] 99% of barrels will shoot better if they are fully free floated. On a rare occasion and usually on very thin contoured barrel will one need a pressure point. I've only ever ran into one barrel that shot better with the pressure pad. This particular rifle no matter what you tried in it would not shoot any smaller than 1 1/2 moa. I tried the barrel free floated first, then after it didn't do what we hoped I mounted the stock in a fixture that would allow me to hang a string of weight off of the front swivel stud. I mixed up some marine tex, dolloped about a 1" long blob into the front of the barrel channel. I hung 20 lbs of weight from the front swivel then dropped the barreled action back in the stock to cure. Once dry I cleaned everything up and when removing the weights I now had 20 lbs of upward pressure. The rifle was no tack driver before or after but it did knock it down to under 1 moa. If your shooting a pencil thin barrel don't expect bench rest accuracy from it. Barrel whip is much greater on thinner contour barrels. [/QUOTE]
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