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Accurizing a factory barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 37401" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Tom,</p><p></p><p>Light bullets on top of big cases always can lead to finicky rifles, especially factory rifles.</p><p></p><p>You may want to consider trying a bit heavier bullet and see if things settle down for you.</p><p></p><p>I am not questioning your marksmenship in any way but have you shot a rifle with the recoil intensity of the 300 RUM before? It is a quantum leap in power and recoil compared to the 30-06.</p><p></p><p>To answer your question about tuning up your barrel for cheap. I would say the short answer is no.</p><p></p><p>In my shop when customer comes in asking me to make their factory rifle shoot better for little money I do three things:</p><p></p><p>1. Recut the crown to a true match quality cut.</p><p></p><p>2. Tune the trigger to a clean 3 lb let off.</p><p></p><p>3. Bed the rifle is the stock will allow it. Factory "plastic" stocks will not allow the bedding compound to permanently bond to the stock and eventually it will break free.</p><p></p><p>Other then these three steps, it is either a matter of finding a load your rifle likes or doing some major surgery.</p><p></p><p>I have seen many times guys thinking that machining will cure all ailments with a factory barrel. This is simply not true. If a factory barrel does not shoot well with quality handloads, no machining will save the barrel except perhaps to cut the threads off, accurize the receiver and refit the barrel with a quality fit and rechamber. Still you are limited by the factory bore and this is hardly cheap to do.</p><p></p><p>I highly recommend spendign the $250 to $290 on a top quality barrel and then have it fitted to your action. Again this is not cheap but it will surely cure many headaches that you will have to deal with in the future.</p><p></p><p>First off, try some different bullets. If your shooting factory stuff, try the partition or Ultra Core lokt loads as the generally are pretty accurate, generally more so then the factory Scirroco loadings.</p><p></p><p>Good Shooting!!</p><p></p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 37401, member: 10"] Tom, Light bullets on top of big cases always can lead to finicky rifles, especially factory rifles. You may want to consider trying a bit heavier bullet and see if things settle down for you. I am not questioning your marksmenship in any way but have you shot a rifle with the recoil intensity of the 300 RUM before? It is a quantum leap in power and recoil compared to the 30-06. To answer your question about tuning up your barrel for cheap. I would say the short answer is no. In my shop when customer comes in asking me to make their factory rifle shoot better for little money I do three things: 1. Recut the crown to a true match quality cut. 2. Tune the trigger to a clean 3 lb let off. 3. Bed the rifle is the stock will allow it. Factory "plastic" stocks will not allow the bedding compound to permanently bond to the stock and eventually it will break free. Other then these three steps, it is either a matter of finding a load your rifle likes or doing some major surgery. I have seen many times guys thinking that machining will cure all ailments with a factory barrel. This is simply not true. If a factory barrel does not shoot well with quality handloads, no machining will save the barrel except perhaps to cut the threads off, accurize the receiver and refit the barrel with a quality fit and rechamber. Still you are limited by the factory bore and this is hardly cheap to do. I highly recommend spendign the $250 to $290 on a top quality barrel and then have it fitted to your action. Again this is not cheap but it will surely cure many headaches that you will have to deal with in the future. First off, try some different bullets. If your shooting factory stuff, try the partition or Ultra Core lokt loads as the generally are pretty accurate, generally more so then the factory Scirroco loadings. Good Shooting!! Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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