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Re-Boring 30-06 to 35 Whelen
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<blockquote data-quote="JakeC" data-source="post: 2562219" data-attributes="member: 115819"><p>I don't think it's necessarily the gun system, though there could be bad ones. The one I hunted with, also chopped to 20 or so, was fantastically accurate despite the condition of the barrel. I happened to really like mine and I loved the sigts personally. But yours could be moving in the stock, have a loose bore or sights, ragged muzzle, who knows. The stocks are 100 percent immune to cheek weld and they're really difficult to put optics on but the actions are notoriously strong and they are often highly accurate. Back in the day they were really popular to turn into dangerous game rifles and wildcats and whelens because they were so overbuilt. But they have quirks like square threads that make them a pain to work on for today's smiths. Basically it's okay to not be a fan, and they're ex wife ugly, but the quirks wind up making fans like me. Iraqveteran8888 has a bunch of videos where they take an original GI condition one amd shoot it at 600y. They're cackling the whole time because it's stupidly accurate. Not to say they all are. Now that I live in a western state most of the ones I see have been scoped so that's one big issue solved. I don't think I'll do anything to my grandfather's moose poaching stick but when I see someone dumping one for short money I start carving a modern stock in my head and thinking about blowing the pipe out to .358.</p><p></p><p>But again, it's okay to not be a fan.</p><p></p><p>Edit: that's a long way of saying I do bet a rebore, if the metal is amenable, would solve your accuracy. The qc was pretty good. And I think someone is making stocks, boyds maybe. Anyway it's a solid chance at turning trash into fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JakeC, post: 2562219, member: 115819"] I don’t think it’s necessarily the gun system, though there could be bad ones. The one I hunted with, also chopped to 20 or so, was fantastically accurate despite the condition of the barrel. I happened to really like mine and I loved the sigts personally. But yours could be moving in the stock, have a loose bore or sights, ragged muzzle, who knows. The stocks are 100 percent immune to cheek weld and they’re really difficult to put optics on but the actions are notoriously strong and they are often highly accurate. Back in the day they were really popular to turn into dangerous game rifles and wildcats and whelens because they were so overbuilt. But they have quirks like square threads that make them a pain to work on for today’s smiths. Basically it’s okay to not be a fan, and they’re ex wife ugly, but the quirks wind up making fans like me. Iraqveteran8888 has a bunch of videos where they take an original GI condition one amd shoot it at 600y. They’re cackling the whole time because it’s stupidly accurate. Not to say they all are. Now that I live in a western state most of the ones I see have been scoped so that’s one big issue solved. I don’t think I’ll do anything to my grandfather’s moose poaching stick but when I see someone dumping one for short money I start carving a modern stock in my head and thinking about blowing the pipe out to .358. But again, it’s okay to not be a fan. Edit: that’s a long way of saying I do bet a rebore, if the metal is amenable, would solve your accuracy. The qc was pretty good. And I think someone is making stocks, boyds maybe. Anyway it’s a solid chance at turning trash into fun. [/QUOTE]
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