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Extreme accuracy: Bore to capacity relationship?
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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1252367" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>I had an Accumark that never shot under 1", and most of the time was closer to the 1.5" guarantee they used to have back then. Of course back when I bought it, I was a decent shot, but nowhere near the disciplined shooter I am today, so I used to think it shot good... Sometimes we look back and are embarrassed by the things we thought were good in our naivety.</p><p></p><p>Then I got other rifles, started reloading, and my shooting skills improved thanks to improved accuracy from handloading. One day I went to shoot the Wby and it was all over the place. The barrel had started caving in, which I did not realize at the time, because of the very low round-count. Then it quickly went from a 1"-1.5" gun, to a 2"-2.5" gun at 100. After lots of money trying different bullets and powders and many bottles of Aleve (headaches) later...I said enough was enough. Finally found a new smith (old one retired, and there was a gap for a while between smiths). Took it to the new smith, got it scoped, bore was FUBAR and caving in. Defective blank, and bad barrel from the factory. Nobody (Weatherby or Criterion) did anything to help, so I traded the rifle off and lost my *** on it. Lesson learned, don't waste your money on a Weatherby...But if you want one, buy a used MK-V for about $500. That way, if the barrel is junk you can rebarrel and not have wasted the cash worth about 2 mortgage payments if you had bought a new one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1252367, member: 12995"] I had an Accumark that never shot under 1", and most of the time was closer to the 1.5" guarantee they used to have back then. Of course back when I bought it, I was a decent shot, but nowhere near the disciplined shooter I am today, so I used to think it shot good... Sometimes we look back and are embarrassed by the things we thought were good in our naivety. Then I got other rifles, started reloading, and my shooting skills improved thanks to improved accuracy from handloading. One day I went to shoot the Wby and it was all over the place. The barrel had started caving in, which I did not realize at the time, because of the very low round-count. Then it quickly went from a 1"-1.5" gun, to a 2"-2.5" gun at 100. After lots of money trying different bullets and powders and many bottles of Aleve (headaches) later...I said enough was enough. Finally found a new smith (old one retired, and there was a gap for a while between smiths). Took it to the new smith, got it scoped, bore was FUBAR and caving in. Defective blank, and bad barrel from the factory. Nobody (Weatherby or Criterion) did anything to help, so I traded the rifle off and lost my *** on it. Lesson learned, don't waste your money on a Weatherby...But if you want one, buy a used MK-V for about $500. That way, if the barrel is junk you can rebarrel and not have wasted the cash worth about 2 mortgage payments if you had bought a new one. [/QUOTE]
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