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<blockquote data-quote="X-man" data-source="post: 800761" data-attributes="member: 8416"><p>Fascinating write up!</p><p></p><p>I went over the bars of my dirt bike at about 20MPH with my 340 Weatherby on my shoulder. I landed head and muzzle first with the muzzle digging deep into the hard pack gravel logging road. After a great deal of effort I got the gravel out of the bore and fired a few shots to confirm zero...First 2 shots were wild (off the paper) the next 5 were good and on zero!</p><p></p><p>When I got home I gave the rifle a thorough cleaning then headed to the range...Much to my surprise the rifle was still a solid 3/4 MOA performer. Because of the unsightly crown I took the rifle to my smith who said there was no way in hell my rifle could shoot. I showed him the targets and he showed me his magnifying glass....the bore was screwed (FUBARed) for a good 1/2" from the crown!</p><p></p><p>I have a 30-06 where I nicked the muzzle (approx 1/32" deep across the entire crown) and it refused to shoot!</p><p></p><p>There is something going on here that we clearly do not understand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="X-man, post: 800761, member: 8416"] Fascinating write up! I went over the bars of my dirt bike at about 20MPH with my 340 Weatherby on my shoulder. I landed head and muzzle first with the muzzle digging deep into the hard pack gravel logging road. After a great deal of effort I got the gravel out of the bore and fired a few shots to confirm zero...First 2 shots were wild (off the paper) the next 5 were good and on zero! When I got home I gave the rifle a thorough cleaning then headed to the range...Much to my surprise the rifle was still a solid 3/4 MOA performer. Because of the unsightly crown I took the rifle to my smith who said there was no way in hell my rifle could shoot. I showed him the targets and he showed me his magnifying glass....the bore was screwed (FUBARed) for a good 1/2" from the crown! I have a 30-06 where I nicked the muzzle (approx 1/32" deep across the entire crown) and it refused to shoot! There is something going on here that we clearly do not understand. [/QUOTE]
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