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Fire Lapping a Barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="br45zy" data-source="post: 799379" data-attributes="member: 67266"><p>I appreciate everyone's input. My uneducated guess was that most of the lapping would occur in the throat and first third of the barrel because most of the compound on the bullet's jacket would abrade off the bullet before it exited the muzzle. </p><p></p><p>I'm ok with the accuracy of the rifle as it is but not thrilled with it. Now throw in the fact that I can't get more than 3 or 4 shots before it has to be cleaned and I've decided to use this rifle as a test bed. If fire lapping works and I can get the accuracy and performance out of it I want then I will continue to shoot it as it is. If it does't show the improvements I want then I have barrels in the safe that I can use to turn this one into either a 7 LRM or another 300 RUM.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to document the current load I'm shooting, muzzle velocity, accuracy and free bore both before and after then let the numbers decide what happens next. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again for sharing your experiences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="br45zy, post: 799379, member: 67266"] I appreciate everyone's input. My uneducated guess was that most of the lapping would occur in the throat and first third of the barrel because most of the compound on the bullet's jacket would abrade off the bullet before it exited the muzzle. I'm ok with the accuracy of the rifle as it is but not thrilled with it. Now throw in the fact that I can't get more than 3 or 4 shots before it has to be cleaned and I've decided to use this rifle as a test bed. If fire lapping works and I can get the accuracy and performance out of it I want then I will continue to shoot it as it is. If it does't show the improvements I want then I have barrels in the safe that I can use to turn this one into either a 7 LRM or another 300 RUM. I'm going to document the current load I'm shooting, muzzle velocity, accuracy and free bore both before and after then let the numbers decide what happens next. Thanks again for sharing your experiences. [/QUOTE]
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