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What is the MOST FUSSY cartridge...and LEAST?
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<blockquote data-quote="MW204" data-source="post: 2973440" data-attributes="member: 118876"><p>A 257 Ackley, it shot lights out fire forming the brass, but with the powder, primers, and bullets I had I could not get it to group under 2" after the fire forming. I eventually traded a friend for an unfinished gun stock. He got the barrel shooting good and it didn't take that long. That was when I was building rifles kinda early and from time afterward I'd think about that rifle and what was wrong with it with my set, which was on a Mauser 98. I finally came to the conclusion that I did not seat the barrel on the inside of the frame first and instead I tightened it up kinda like a Remington does and that was the problem but I'll never know for sure. But I have taken in a lot of Mauser's since then that did not shoot and all I had to do was set the barrel back a little and check the headspace to make them shoot so I'm sure that's what was wrong with mine at the time. But I got a beautiful piece of wood for that barrel so I'm not complaining either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MW204, post: 2973440, member: 118876"] A 257 Ackley, it shot lights out fire forming the brass, but with the powder, primers, and bullets I had I could not get it to group under 2" after the fire forming. I eventually traded a friend for an unfinished gun stock. He got the barrel shooting good and it didn't take that long. That was when I was building rifles kinda early and from time afterward I'd think about that rifle and what was wrong with it with my set, which was on a Mauser 98. I finally came to the conclusion that I did not seat the barrel on the inside of the frame first and instead I tightened it up kinda like a Remington does and that was the problem but I'll never know for sure. But I have taken in a lot of Mauser's since then that did not shoot and all I had to do was set the barrel back a little and check the headspace to make them shoot so I'm sure that's what was wrong with mine at the time. But I got a beautiful piece of wood for that barrel so I'm not complaining either. [/QUOTE]
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