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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1347067" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>until I got to the range. I tried my hand at some armature gunsmithing. I have a Savage action to which I installed a Criterion barrel chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. Yep. I drank the cool aid. I also purchased a used Nightforce from one of our .com friends here who gave me the opportunity to return it to him if I was not happy with it. Being twenty years old things can go wrong. I really like my Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50's. But I never tried to twist them so I don't have confidence they will track.</p><p></p><p>At the range I was disappointed to the max. I was getting 1" groups with three shots. I took it to my 'smith and asked him to take a look at it. He discovered the cheap plastic stock was a mess. It was touching the bolt, the trigger and the action screws could not be tightened all the way because if he did that the sear wouldn't engage. The bedding was also gunnysack.</p><p></p><p>He asked me to load up some more ammo. He switched out the stock and fired two groups: A 1/8" and a 3/8". Then to verify the scope was not a problem he adjust the adjustable objective and fired and adjusted and fired and adjusted and fired. The group was 1". So I ordered a stock from him and will send the Nightforce in for repair.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1347067, member: 70559"] until I got to the range. I tried my hand at some armature gunsmithing. I have a Savage action to which I installed a Criterion barrel chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor. Yep. I drank the cool aid. I also purchased a used Nightforce from one of our .com friends here who gave me the opportunity to return it to him if I was not happy with it. Being twenty years old things can go wrong. I really like my Bushnell 6500 4 1/2-30X50's. But I never tried to twist them so I don't have confidence they will track. At the range I was disappointed to the max. I was getting 1" groups with three shots. I took it to my 'smith and asked him to take a look at it. He discovered the cheap plastic stock was a mess. It was touching the bolt, the trigger and the action screws could not be tightened all the way because if he did that the sear wouldn't engage. The bedding was also gunnysack. He asked me to load up some more ammo. He switched out the stock and fired two groups: A 1/8" and a 3/8". Then to verify the scope was not a problem he adjust the adjustable objective and fired and adjusted and fired and adjusted and fired. The group was 1". So I ordered a stock from him and will send the Nightforce in for repair. [/QUOTE]
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