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Barrel Damage?
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<blockquote data-quote="25WSM" data-source="post: 2276084" data-attributes="member: 38048"><p>If it in front of the chamber that is about where all the carbon builds up real thick when not cleaned enough. Could be damage from someone cleaning that area improperly. But those very thin sharp edges would burn away after less than 20 shots. Personally if the barrel shoots good after doing all the normal accuracy improvements to the rifle id just leave it be. If the gun is stock with no accuracy mods like glass bedding and free floating and bedding the base and checking the crown and new firing pin spring and the such then occasional fliers are going to happen. Sometimes doing all the accuracy mods wont make the gun much more accurate but can make it much more consistent by eliminating fliers or stock induced vertical from humidity. Id rather have a rifle that shoots 1 inch but hits where i aim all the time than one that shoots small but is always moving zero all over the place. Sometimes fliers are hard to eliminate. Just about anything can cause them. Primers, powder, powder charge, cases and bullets can all cause fliers. Then there is the rifle still and the consistency of the shooter. Good luck getting this sorted out. Ive seen way worse than this in barrels that shot great. I had a barrel that was so bad inside with flaws i was going to send it back but was in a pinch and couldn't wait for another to come in. That barrel got 2nd place at the world open 1000 yard a few yrs back. It shot competitive for 1800 rounds of 6slr before i retired it to a varmint gun. Its a 6 bra now with 3500 total rounds on it and it still shoots in the 3s. And i was going to send it back because it had at least 25 flaws in it that are bad. So if it still shoots just keep shooting it. </p><p>Shep</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="25WSM, post: 2276084, member: 38048"] If it in front of the chamber that is about where all the carbon builds up real thick when not cleaned enough. Could be damage from someone cleaning that area improperly. But those very thin sharp edges would burn away after less than 20 shots. Personally if the barrel shoots good after doing all the normal accuracy improvements to the rifle id just leave it be. If the gun is stock with no accuracy mods like glass bedding and free floating and bedding the base and checking the crown and new firing pin spring and the such then occasional fliers are going to happen. Sometimes doing all the accuracy mods wont make the gun much more accurate but can make it much more consistent by eliminating fliers or stock induced vertical from humidity. Id rather have a rifle that shoots 1 inch but hits where i aim all the time than one that shoots small but is always moving zero all over the place. Sometimes fliers are hard to eliminate. Just about anything can cause them. Primers, powder, powder charge, cases and bullets can all cause fliers. Then there is the rifle still and the consistency of the shooter. Good luck getting this sorted out. Ive seen way worse than this in barrels that shot great. I had a barrel that was so bad inside with flaws i was going to send it back but was in a pinch and couldn’t wait for another to come in. That barrel got 2nd place at the world open 1000 yard a few yrs back. It shot competitive for 1800 rounds of 6slr before i retired it to a varmint gun. Its a 6 bra now with 3500 total rounds on it and it still shoots in the 3s. And i was going to send it back because it had at least 25 flaws in it that are bad. So if it still shoots just keep shooting it. Shep [/QUOTE]
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