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Would floating this barrel help me? (A newb's first post)
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<blockquote data-quote="trebark" data-source="post: 195048" data-attributes="member: 19172"><p>GABR:</p><p>James is right, for your stage of the game you can do three things. He's also right about the order.</p><p> </p><p>1. trigger job. check it and have it set between 2 and 3 pounds. </p><p> </p><p>2. action bedding. You can do this yourself, if you search this site you will find instructions. If you can't find them here, just google it and you'll find lots of instruction.</p><p> </p><p>3. float the barrel. once bedded, then float your barrel.</p><p> </p><p>There are a lot of people here that are a lot smarter and more experienced than me, but I think most would agree with this. The basis for me to say this is that I've gone through the very same thing. My rifle started out as a Remington 700 mountain rifle -- synthetic stock, stainless steel action and barrel. the above steps are what I did and it managed to improve my accuracy some and I didn't invest that much money. Ultimately though, I bought an HS Precision stock and have sent the gun off to the gunsmith to have it rebarreled (and all the various action work that goes along with rebarreling)</p><p> </p><p>My final two cents will be on the efficacy of the '06 as a 1000yard gun on deer. I'd counsel you against that. 650 yards would be a good outside range for that cartridge. With a 1000yard shot, given the remaining energy, you would have little room for error in terms of shot placement. But, like I said, that's just my two cents.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck and have fun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trebark, post: 195048, member: 19172"] GABR: James is right, for your stage of the game you can do three things. He's also right about the order. 1. trigger job. check it and have it set between 2 and 3 pounds. 2. action bedding. You can do this yourself, if you search this site you will find instructions. If you can't find them here, just google it and you'll find lots of instruction. 3. float the barrel. once bedded, then float your barrel. There are a lot of people here that are a lot smarter and more experienced than me, but I think most would agree with this. The basis for me to say this is that I've gone through the very same thing. My rifle started out as a Remington 700 mountain rifle -- synthetic stock, stainless steel action and barrel. the above steps are what I did and it managed to improve my accuracy some and I didn't invest that much money. Ultimately though, I bought an HS Precision stock and have sent the gun off to the gunsmith to have it rebarreled (and all the various action work that goes along with rebarreling) My final two cents will be on the efficacy of the '06 as a 1000yard gun on deer. I'd counsel you against that. 650 yards would be a good outside range for that cartridge. With a 1000yard shot, given the remaining energy, you would have little room for error in terms of shot placement. But, like I said, that's just my two cents. Good luck and have fun! [/QUOTE]
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