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Would floating this barrel help me? (A newb's first post)
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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 195021" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>The stocks on that series of gun isin't as bad as some , though it ain't great. Generaly what I have found is that the vast majority of factroy guns can benifit from a good bedding job and free floating the barrel. Now seeing that you have had the gun for this long and have hunted with it I'm pretty sure that the barrel wasen't broke in properly seeing that you have only a minimal amout of rounds through it.</p><p> </p><p>My advice would be to first , adjust the trigger a bit lighter as I'm sure its in the 5-7lb range unless its been adjusted since it was bought. After that I'd bed it then after the bedding is dried free float the barrel. These are three things the avaerag guy thats semi handy can do at home for under $50. After all that get yourself a couple boxes of cheap ammo and a good cleaning set and head to the range to shoot and break in the barrel. After the barrelis brkoe in and fouling less that it was get a couple differant boxes of ammo that you would like to shoot and find what the gun wants to eat the best. Several companies make match quality ammo for the 30-06 using either 168gr or 175gr Sierra Match King bullets ,either of these bullet run out of the 30-06 at modern pressures will make it to 1000yds accurately. For shooting deer at 1K I'd use at least the 175gr SMK or 180gr Ballistic tip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 195021, member: 8843"] The stocks on that series of gun isin't as bad as some , though it ain't great. Generaly what I have found is that the vast majority of factroy guns can benifit from a good bedding job and free floating the barrel. Now seeing that you have had the gun for this long and have hunted with it I'm pretty sure that the barrel wasen't broke in properly seeing that you have only a minimal amout of rounds through it. My advice would be to first , adjust the trigger a bit lighter as I'm sure its in the 5-7lb range unless its been adjusted since it was bought. After that I'd bed it then after the bedding is dried free float the barrel. These are three things the avaerag guy thats semi handy can do at home for under $50. After all that get yourself a couple boxes of cheap ammo and a good cleaning set and head to the range to shoot and break in the barrel. After the barrelis brkoe in and fouling less that it was get a couple differant boxes of ammo that you would like to shoot and find what the gun wants to eat the best. Several companies make match quality ammo for the 30-06 using either 168gr or 175gr Sierra Match King bullets ,either of these bullet run out of the 30-06 at modern pressures will make it to 1000yds accurately. For shooting deer at 1K I'd use at least the 175gr SMK or 180gr Ballistic tip. [/QUOTE]
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