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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 180375" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>It could be several factors and please do not take any offense to any of what I have to say, just letting you know what COULD be the problem.</p><p> </p><p>There are a wide variaty of ideas what it means to accurize a rifle. First off, whenever I hear someone say they full accurised a Wby MkV receiver it raises a red flag in my mind. The reason is because of the 9 recoil lugs on three different planes.</p><p> </p><p>Its simply not practical to accurately recut the bolt lug contact areas or the receiver lug recess areas which must be done to be able to say you truely accurized the receiver.</p><p> </p><p>Not doing this is only partially accurizing the receiver. I have seen in many cases where 3 of the 9 lugs on the receivers were completely floating and even after hours of lapping, could not be brought into contact.</p><p> </p><p>In most cases, there will be at least one lug not contacting the receiver.</p><p> </p><p>This is a problem as far as consistancy goes. You always hear that there are nine lugs, even if half of them are contacting it will be stronger then any other receiver, that simply is BUNK. </p><p> </p><p>Anyway, I have found working with Many Wby MkV rifles and rebuilding them from the ground up, that you will find there are roughly 10% that will be extremely finicky to load for. I have not yet worked on one that I could not find at least one load that would shoot 1/2 moa after being rebuilt but it is a rare thing to have a Rem 700 be finicky at all. It happens but rarely compared to the Wby.</p><p> </p><p>Now onto the barrel, It certainly could be the problem. If its a quality barrel it should not have a fouling problem if it was broken in properly. If it was and it still fouls, something is wrong with the bore finish and the maker should correct this.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, if you have as many rounds down the barrel as you say, you may have a hard time getting them to replace the barrel. If they are a stand up company they should still replace the barrel but it may not happen?</p><p> </p><p>Final point, if your Wby shot well with the old barrel, it should shoot as well or better with a top end barrel that is machined properly so that would make me lean toward the barrel in this case but I am always suspicious of Wby MkV receivers.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck, keep us posted.</p><p> </p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 180375, member: 10"] It could be several factors and please do not take any offense to any of what I have to say, just letting you know what COULD be the problem. There are a wide variaty of ideas what it means to accurize a rifle. First off, whenever I hear someone say they full accurised a Wby MkV receiver it raises a red flag in my mind. The reason is because of the 9 recoil lugs on three different planes. Its simply not practical to accurately recut the bolt lug contact areas or the receiver lug recess areas which must be done to be able to say you truely accurized the receiver. Not doing this is only partially accurizing the receiver. I have seen in many cases where 3 of the 9 lugs on the receivers were completely floating and even after hours of lapping, could not be brought into contact. In most cases, there will be at least one lug not contacting the receiver. This is a problem as far as consistancy goes. You always hear that there are nine lugs, even if half of them are contacting it will be stronger then any other receiver, that simply is BUNK. Anyway, I have found working with Many Wby MkV rifles and rebuilding them from the ground up, that you will find there are roughly 10% that will be extremely finicky to load for. I have not yet worked on one that I could not find at least one load that would shoot 1/2 moa after being rebuilt but it is a rare thing to have a Rem 700 be finicky at all. It happens but rarely compared to the Wby. Now onto the barrel, It certainly could be the problem. If its a quality barrel it should not have a fouling problem if it was broken in properly. If it was and it still fouls, something is wrong with the bore finish and the maker should correct this. Unfortunately, if you have as many rounds down the barrel as you say, you may have a hard time getting them to replace the barrel. If they are a stand up company they should still replace the barrel but it may not happen? Final point, if your Wby shot well with the old barrel, it should shoot as well or better with a top end barrel that is machined properly so that would make me lean toward the barrel in this case but I am always suspicious of Wby MkV receivers. Good luck, keep us posted. Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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