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where is your "sweet spot" for bullet seating/30 cal
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<blockquote data-quote="NorthernSniper" data-source="post: 106399" data-attributes="member: 1504"><p><strong>Re: where is your \"sweet spot\" for bullet seating/30 cal</strong></p><p></p><p>.012 off the lands for most of my 30 cals and .025 with the Barnes Triple Shocks which by the way are a deadly accurate Bullet, Accubonds turned out to also be deadly accurate for me. I found going tighter than .012 or so increased fliers. Also improved accuracy by glass bedding the action(actualy a pretty easy winter project if you have a little patients) and part of the barrel shank and tuning the action screws. Tuning action screws? What the F***? Well believe it or not you can turn a 1/2 inch gun into a 1 1/2 inch gun by f***ing with the screws that hold the action to the stock(I know this because I did it once). In my case I found that the forward action screw should be almost 2X as tight as the rear screw(the screw closest to the recoil pad)and the rear screw should be just barely snug, both lock tighted. Each one of these things wont make a 1/4 inch gun out of your rifle by themselves but all of them together can(I have done this a number of times) Good luck on your Quest for accuracy! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NorthernSniper, post: 106399, member: 1504"] [b]Re: where is your \"sweet spot\" for bullet seating/30 cal[/b] .012 off the lands for most of my 30 cals and .025 with the Barnes Triple Shocks which by the way are a deadly accurate Bullet, Accubonds turned out to also be deadly accurate for me. I found going tighter than .012 or so increased fliers. Also improved accuracy by glass bedding the action(actualy a pretty easy winter project if you have a little patients) and part of the barrel shank and tuning the action screws. Tuning action screws? What the F***? Well believe it or not you can turn a 1/2 inch gun into a 1 1/2 inch gun by f***ing with the screws that hold the action to the stock(I know this because I did it once). In my case I found that the forward action screw should be almost 2X as tight as the rear screw(the screw closest to the recoil pad)and the rear screw should be just barely snug, both lock tighted. Each one of these things wont make a 1/4 inch gun out of your rifle by themselves but all of them together can(I have done this a number of times) Good luck on your Quest for accuracy! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Ken [/QUOTE]
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