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Freebore in a hunting rifle.
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<blockquote data-quote="Hired Gun" data-source="post: 89296" data-attributes="member: 1290"><p>"Just think of freebore as Factory supplied throat erosion."</p><p></p><p>It's not like that at all. The bullet is fully supported by the bore until it engages the rifling. It is a very close fit in there. Not like jumping across a gap like a revolver does. Even if it did I have seen some long barreled Ruger Blackhawks doing some pretty effective long range work shooting silhouettes.</p><p></p><p>My most accurate load in my .257 is with the super short 75 grain V-Max. It consistantly no matter what shoots under .5" In my targets above the second group is a five shot groups shot rapid fire. I called the pulled shot that went high and left. I don't do that often but I wanted to see if the hot barrel wandered. It was so hot you couldn't put your wrist on it anywhere.</p><p></p><p>By what your saying the short bullets should be even worse for accuracy as they are even farther from the lands. I have not found this to be true. I shoot this same bullet in my 25-06AI where it is also my most accurate load and I seat it at .150" off the rifling with most groups in the 3's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hired Gun, post: 89296, member: 1290"] "Just think of freebore as Factory supplied throat erosion." It's not like that at all. The bullet is fully supported by the bore until it engages the rifling. It is a very close fit in there. Not like jumping across a gap like a revolver does. Even if it did I have seen some long barreled Ruger Blackhawks doing some pretty effective long range work shooting silhouettes. My most accurate load in my .257 is with the super short 75 grain V-Max. It consistantly no matter what shoots under .5" In my targets above the second group is a five shot groups shot rapid fire. I called the pulled shot that went high and left. I don't do that often but I wanted to see if the hot barrel wandered. It was so hot you couldn't put your wrist on it anywhere. By what your saying the short bullets should be even worse for accuracy as they are even farther from the lands. I have not found this to be true. I shoot this same bullet in my 25-06AI where it is also my most accurate load and I seat it at .150" off the rifling with most groups in the 3's. [/QUOTE]
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