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Am I being too picky?
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<blockquote data-quote="USCGLongBow" data-source="post: 961875" data-attributes="member: 81191"><p>I was just reading a machining article and had a crazy idea about this thread. You said you were putting the rifle in the car to cool. I took this as a good thing because you are starting with a cooler barrel, but what if that were the issue? You heat the barrel by firing and it "expands", put it in the car to cool and the metal contracts, possibly not evenly, depending on how close to the A/C, take it out and expose the barrel to hot air, then fire it and heat the barrel yet again. This might not be the issue, and I always advocate a cool bore for accuracy, but if the barrel were unevenly heated and cooled it could slightly changed the bore direction, possibly enough to see the issue you are having. I also agree it could just be mirage, but I thought of this and thought you might consider it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="USCGLongBow, post: 961875, member: 81191"] I was just reading a machining article and had a crazy idea about this thread. You said you were putting the rifle in the car to cool. I took this as a good thing because you are starting with a cooler barrel, but what if that were the issue? You heat the barrel by firing and it "expands", put it in the car to cool and the metal contracts, possibly not evenly, depending on how close to the A/C, take it out and expose the barrel to hot air, then fire it and heat the barrel yet again. This might not be the issue, and I always advocate a cool bore for accuracy, but if the barrel were unevenly heated and cooled it could slightly changed the bore direction, possibly enough to see the issue you are having. I also agree it could just be mirage, but I thought of this and thought you might consider it. [/QUOTE]
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