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338 Edge goes from 0.4 MOA to 2.0 MOA with same load?
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<blockquote data-quote="midgetorama32" data-source="post: 369609" data-attributes="member: 19282"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">About a month ago, I picked up my 338 Edge from my gunsmith to break in the barrel and do a little load development. I bedded the action and was able to get some 0.400"-ish groups at 110 yards with the 92gr H-1000, 300 SMK load with the bullets about 0.010" off the lands. They were shooting about 2800 fps. I took the gun back to have it bead blasted and machined for the bigger Wyatt's magazine. I picked it up again and just got back from shooting it today.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The load that initially gave me the ½" groups has now opened up to nearly 2" at the same 110 yard distance. Velocity is the same. I switched out the EGW base with a Nightforce base and aside from that, I didn't change anything.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The gun is a 700 Remington in and HS precision stock. NXS 5.5-22 X 56 scope with NF rings. One thing I noticed is that the stock fits much more tightly in the recoil lug area than it did before the bead blasting. Does bead blasting "swell" the metal a bit? My gunsmith is out of the state for the next two weeks so I thought I'd try a post here in the mean time.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Any other areas to potentially look? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thanks!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="midgetorama32, post: 369609, member: 19282"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]About a month ago, I picked up my 338 Edge from my gunsmith to break in the barrel and do a little load development. I bedded the action and was able to get some 0.400”-ish groups at 110 yards with the 92gr H-1000, 300 SMK load with the bullets about 0.010” off the lands. They were shooting about 2800 fps. I took the gun back to have it bead blasted and machined for the bigger Wyatt’s magazine. I picked it up again and just got back from shooting it today.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The load that initially gave me the ½” groups has now opened up to nearly 2” at the same 110 yard distance. Velocity is the same. I switched out the EGW base with a Nightforce base and aside from that, I didn’t change anything.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The gun is a 700 Remington in and HS precision stock. NXS 5.5-22 X 56 scope with NF rings. One thing I noticed is that the stock fits much more tightly in the recoil lug area than it did before the bead blasting. Does bead blasting “swell” the metal a bit? My gunsmith is out of the state for the next two weeks so I thought I’d try a post here in the mean time.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Any other areas to potentially look? [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Thanks![/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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