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<blockquote data-quote="Lenny Foffa" data-source="post: 2596433" data-attributes="member: 100742"><p><em>My Gunsmith , who is also a Lifetime Bench rest shooter, says that proper bedding and</em> <em>trigger work (or replacement,) </em> <em>are the first steps in the search for accuracy</em> <em> and precision for a hunting rifle. </em> He thinks that for older ,medium grade, off the shelf rifles, these two steps will give the shooter the best return, for the cost involved. As all my rifles were purchased in the 70's and 80,s and only one is from 2021, I only own one rifle that came with the words "SUB MOA" on the box. All the others needed to be tuned, including a Model 70 Win Super Grade, and a Weatherby Mark V . Really happy with them!!! I agree with him, and I also think that adjusting your COAL and OGIVE lengths on your handloads may also be helpful to some small degree. If you are not satisfied with the improvements resulting from the Bedding and Trigger Work and adjusting your hand loads, then, of course, it's your choice to get a new High-Grade Barrel and have the receiver and bolt face blueprinted, and consider some new aftermarket stock, I my opinion, that's as far as one can take it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lenny Foffa, post: 2596433, member: 100742"] [I]My Gunsmith , who is also a Lifetime Bench rest shooter, says that proper bedding and[/I] [I]trigger work (or replacement,) [/I] [I]are the first steps in the search for accuracy[/I] [I] and precision for a hunting rifle. [/I] He thinks that for older ,medium grade, off the shelf rifles, these two steps will give the shooter the best return, for the cost involved. As all my rifles were purchased in the 70's and 80,s and only one is from 2021, I only own one rifle that came with the words "SUB MOA" on the box. All the others needed to be tuned, including a Model 70 Win Super Grade, and a Weatherby Mark V . Really happy with them!!! I agree with him, and I also think that adjusting your COAL and OGIVE lengths on your handloads may also be helpful to some small degree. If you are not satisfied with the improvements resulting from the Bedding and Trigger Work and adjusting your hand loads, then, of course, it's your choice to get a new High-Grade Barrel and have the receiver and bolt face blueprinted, and consider some new aftermarket stock, I my opinion, that's as far as one can take it. [/QUOTE]
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