440coronet
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Sierracharlie is spot on I"ve had several similar rifles in my 40 years of the game
rebarrel it or send it down the road
rebarrel it or send it down the road
That's what I'm currently doing. I would of done it earlier, life just got in the way. And in the long run it could save money with the component shortage. I burned around 500 rounds of bullets, powder, and primers three years ago with my 22-250. Wasn't a big deal back then, hurts more now. In about a month my 260 AI should be ready. Just in time for load work up and the beginning of next year's varmint season.I beat my head against the wall with a rifle doing something similar with a factory barrel. The expensive lesson learned was no matter how many components I wasted the rifle just wouldn't shoot any better. Got rid of the barrel and now it is a half inch gun with hand loads.
Bushing dies. Using fed match primers, with the Frankford Arsenal primer seater; does a **** good job with uniformity. Consistent feel with the seating as I recall but will pay closer attention this evening loading the 87's
Bushing dies. Using fed match primers, with the Frankford Arsenal primer seater; does a **** good job with uniformity. Consistent feel with the seating as I recall but will pay closer attention this evening loading
Try regular Fed primers....I had some really screwed up results with match in a 6.5....just something easy and cheap to try! (Not sure what happened to give the three quotes..sorry folks)Bushing dies. Using fed match primers, with the Frankford Arsenal primer seater; does a **** good job with uniformity. Consistent feel with the seating as I recall but will pay closer attention this evening loading the 87's
The crown is not gonna cause a flierHave you checked the crown with a magnifying glass?
As it was mentioned; try a flat base bullet, heck you might even try a round nose while you are at it you never know. I think it was Weatherby that originally put round-nose flat base bullets in their .257 Wby Mag in their heaver bullet weight for their .25 many said they shot amazingly good.At my wits end with this one, figure I'd try to crowd source solutions.
I have a Rem 700 25-06 Long Range (1:10) that consistently throws fliers 1/4 shots. I pillar bedded the action, floated the forend, installed lighter trigger, tried a KRG chassis, loaded a variety of projectiles 100-120 gr ( have 83,87 on the way to try) nothing I have done has rid this set up of fliers. Trigger and chassis did bring in the groups, but fliers are still consistent at 1/4-1/5 shots.
Got the rifle used with less than 200 down the tube and since have shot another 200 trying to chase this issue in the last 8 months. Scope shows a good bore with minimal throat erosion, seating .015 off lands for most bullets a bit more jump for some others. Have adjusted seating with minimal impact as well.