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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1690613" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>My thoughts are that if I have a rifle that is capable of shooting better than me, I'd leave it alone <strong><u><em>period</em></u></strong>!!! And......I am sure that there are many on this forum who will attest to the fact that just because the rifle is rebarreled, and blueprinted it doesn't mean that the rifle is going to give the accuracy that they thought they would get by building a custom rifle. By this I am not saying that a custom build ought to give great accuracy, <u><em>however that's not always the case. </em></u>Also there's lots to be said about making precision ammunition, perhaps spending more money purchasing good reloading equipment might be an option for you.</p><p></p><p>And to answer your question about truing an action? For me is <u><em>yes</em></u> I think that truing is worth the extra expense! If I'm building a custom rifle, I want to maximize the potential for the most performance that I can possibly get, so....yes I believe that spending the money to get a receiver blueprinted is worth every penny that I spend to get the action tuned. If this were not true I wouldn't spend as much or nearly as much to get the action blueprinted. I recently had two rifles built by a <u><em>very reputable gunsmith.</em></u> I told the smith that I wanted the action blueprinted; trued, action refaced, threads squared, bolt face squared, lapped lugs. His response to me was that he would check/measure the receiver to see what needed to be done and he'd do the work. He stated that the action that I was using, Ruger 77, oftentimes comes through not needing a lot of work; and, he specializes in working on Ruger 77s. This seems to fall in line with what<strong> J E Custom</strong> wrote about the Weatherby actions being one of the most precise actions that he's seen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1690613, member: 69192"] My thoughts are that if I have a rifle that is capable of shooting better than me, I'd leave it alone [B][U][I]period[/I][/U][/B]!!! And......I am sure that there are many on this forum who will attest to the fact that just because the rifle is rebarreled, and blueprinted it doesn't mean that the rifle is going to give the accuracy that they thought they would get by building a custom rifle. By this I am not saying that a custom build ought to give great accuracy, [U][I]however that's not always the case. [/I][/U]Also there's lots to be said about making precision ammunition, perhaps spending more money purchasing good reloading equipment might be an option for you. And to answer your question about truing an action? For me is [U][I]yes[/I][/U] I think that truing is worth the extra expense! If I'm building a custom rifle, I want to maximize the potential for the most performance that I can possibly get, so....yes I believe that spending the money to get a receiver blueprinted is worth every penny that I spend to get the action tuned. If this were not true I wouldn't spend as much or nearly as much to get the action blueprinted. I recently had two rifles built by a [U][I]very reputable gunsmith.[/I][/U] I told the smith that I wanted the action blueprinted; trued, action refaced, threads squared, bolt face squared, lapped lugs. His response to me was that he would check/measure the receiver to see what needed to be done and he'd do the work. He stated that the action that I was using, Ruger 77, oftentimes comes through not needing a lot of work; and, he specializes in working on Ruger 77s. This seems to fall in line with what[B] J E Custom[/B] wrote about the Weatherby actions being one of the most precise actions that he's seen. [/QUOTE]
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