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<blockquote data-quote="kailua custom" data-source="post: 145640" data-attributes="member: 4531"><p>Dear coues7,</p><p> I can find no mention of the calibre you are using. Therefore I must assume you are content with whatever you have. You might be rather surprised what you might attain with a minimum of expenditure from a person qualified to accurize your rifle. You [yourself] might be able to do this too! Good bedding and a dose of Wests [with micro-baloons] in the foreend to stiffen the front might do wonders! Cutting a 11 deg crown, lapping your lugs are all things that don`t cost too much and DO help. THis will also give you some "breathing room" [money wise] to ascertain if this is really waht you want to do. Then you can either go ahead with a full blown custom or sell it and get something else. IE: I acquired a 6.5 barrel of unknown parentage for cheap on an auction site some time ago. Being a light weight nut I cut the H--l out of it and put it on a Rem 600 action. Chambered it in 6.5/08. This shoots the 129 Hornady into 1/2" at 100 if I can do my part. I got lucky. You might too with what you have already. Try this route BEFORE going to all the extremes of $ output. Just my .02 cents worth. Good luck.</p><p></p><p>Aloha, Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kailua custom, post: 145640, member: 4531"] Dear coues7, I can find no mention of the calibre you are using. Therefore I must assume you are content with whatever you have. You might be rather surprised what you might attain with a minimum of expenditure from a person qualified to accurize your rifle. You [yourself] might be able to do this too! Good bedding and a dose of Wests [with micro-baloons] in the foreend to stiffen the front might do wonders! Cutting a 11 deg crown, lapping your lugs are all things that don`t cost too much and DO help. THis will also give you some "breathing room" [money wise] to ascertain if this is really waht you want to do. Then you can either go ahead with a full blown custom or sell it and get something else. IE: I acquired a 6.5 barrel of unknown parentage for cheap on an auction site some time ago. Being a light weight nut I cut the H--l out of it and put it on a Rem 600 action. Chambered it in 6.5/08. This shoots the 129 Hornady into 1/2" at 100 if I can do my part. I got lucky. You might too with what you have already. Try this route BEFORE going to all the extremes of $ output. Just my .02 cents worth. Good luck. Aloha, Mark [/QUOTE]
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