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<blockquote data-quote="dogdinger" data-source="post: 797473" data-attributes="member: 9616"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Asquared,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">You are very much on the right track. I started basically the way you did. I had a 7mag that shot pretty good so I started tuning it, and stretching out the range. My suggestion to you would be to work with what you have until you get a few hundred rounds under your belt . The 7mag is a true 1K shooter and there are many good bullets out there for it. I started by doing a pillar bedding job and free floating the barrel on the original stock. then tuned the trigger to a crisp 2 lbs. Lapped the bases and the rings to the best scope I could afford. Tuned my reloads. I still have the gun and it still shoots 1/4 MOA with the factory barrel. Get you a good rangefinder and do a lot of practicing. Best practice I found is plastic 1 gal milk jugs....... set them out at random yardages, learn to range, dope the wind and shoot.....my philosophy was , if I can hit a milk jug I am GTG for hunting at that range. Have fun</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dogdinger, post: 797473, member: 9616"] [SIZE=4]Asquared,[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]You are very much on the right track. I started basically the way you did. I had a 7mag that shot pretty good so I started tuning it, and stretching out the range. My suggestion to you would be to work with what you have until you get a few hundred rounds under your belt . The 7mag is a true 1K shooter and there are many good bullets out there for it. I started by doing a pillar bedding job and free floating the barrel on the original stock. then tuned the trigger to a crisp 2 lbs. Lapped the bases and the rings to the best scope I could afford. Tuned my reloads. I still have the gun and it still shoots 1/4 MOA with the factory barrel. Get you a good rangefinder and do a lot of practicing. Best practice I found is plastic 1 gal milk jugs....... set them out at random yardages, learn to range, dope the wind and shoot.....my philosophy was , if I can hit a milk jug I am GTG for hunting at that range. Have fun[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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