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Help me plan out a mid range rifle? .25-06 & light barrel experts needed.
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<blockquote data-quote="SBruce" data-source="post: 508172" data-attributes="member: 21068"><p>You're on the right track, see what it will do before you dump a bunch of money into it.</p><p> </p><p>Just be aware that sometimes free-floating the barrel will greatly improve accuracy, other times it will decrease accuracy (group size) with the same load.</p><p> </p><p>I am assuming that the ADL doesn't come floated (just like my BDL) but instead has a "pressure pad" bedding from the factory.?</p><p> </p><p>After having mine bedded and free-floated, groups actually opened up with the same exact ammo.............stands to reason right? The barrel harmonics are now different. Nothing that a small change in load shouldn't be able to fix, but if you are limited to factory ammo, that small change in load could mean a totally different ammo brand/bullet type.</p><p> </p><p>Still, that being said; I'd personally rather have the consistency of a floated barrel/bedded action, even if that sometimes means a slight increase in moa's. ESPECIALLY on a light weight medium range big game gun.</p><p> </p><p>Great things about remington actions, alot of good gunsmiths work on them, and you can get excellent triggers for them. I've never had a problem feeding or cycling/ejecting problem with a remington either. The X-mark pro trigger will go down to about 2.5 lbs (at least the one I had did anyway), but you can get Timneys, Rifle Basix, Jewell's and others that will go less safely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SBruce, post: 508172, member: 21068"] You're on the right track, see what it will do before you dump a bunch of money into it. Just be aware that sometimes free-floating the barrel will greatly improve accuracy, other times it will decrease accuracy (group size) with the same load. I am assuming that the ADL doesn't come floated (just like my BDL) but instead has a "pressure pad" bedding from the factory.? After having mine bedded and free-floated, groups actually opened up with the same exact ammo.............stands to reason right? The barrel harmonics are now different. Nothing that a small change in load shouldn't be able to fix, but if you are limited to factory ammo, that small change in load could mean a totally different ammo brand/bullet type. Still, that being said; I'd personally rather have the consistency of a floated barrel/bedded action, even if that sometimes means a slight increase in moa's. ESPECIALLY on a light weight medium range big game gun. Great things about remington actions, alot of good gunsmiths work on them, and you can get excellent triggers for them. I've never had a problem feeding or cycling/ejecting problem with a remington either. The X-mark pro trigger will go down to about 2.5 lbs (at least the one I had did anyway), but you can get Timneys, Rifle Basix, Jewell's and others that will go less safely. [/QUOTE]
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