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<blockquote data-quote="Nimrod" data-source="post: 583729" data-attributes="member: 6327"><p>I tend to define a rifles accuracy by the average group size with its preferred load. I too could care less whether it is a factory or custom rifle as long as it shoots. When I get a new rifle I typically will buy a box of factory ammo, usually Federal blue box, if it won't shoot that into 1.5 minutes or so I usually consider it a re-barrel project or trade it off. I shot a group the other day with a new to me M70 7MM RM that went into about 3/8" at 100 yards after a fouling shot. Do I have a 1/3 minute gun? Who knows, but I think the potential is there so I have dies and brass on the way and we will see what it does. This gun is a stock wally-world special package gun with the trigger tuned and a bit of sanding to knock the high spots out of the barrel channel. The other LR candidate I'm currently working with is a 700 CDL in 7MM RUM. This one has been bedded and free floated, trigger tuned and a brake added with a re-crown in the process. It has fired 3 shot groups during load development ranging from 2.95" down to .809" at 200 yards. I suspect this rifle has a non concentric bore because it absolutely will not put the third shot into a group unless the barrel is completely cool. I think both of these rifles have potential and can help me develop my long range skills. </p><p></p><p>I do my load development at 200 yards because I have a really nice range at my disposal that has tall berms down both sides that tend to minimize the wind. When I find a load that does what I'm looking for I stop at that point and start shooting from field positions. The gun club I belong to has targets to 500 yards and I'm looking at another that has an 800 yard range. The problem is that they are both about 65 miles away in opposite directions so I'm not able to get to either one of them on a regular basis. I improvise by shooting at rocks, or home made steel plates, 10 or 15 minutes on my ATV from the house I can shoot a long ways. Most of my rifles are " tuned " or customized to some extent. I am just starting down the long range path and I'm still optically challenged (range finder) so the farthest I have been able to range a rock is 513 yards. The next order of business is to upgrade the range finder.</p><p></p><p>Humbly submitted!</p><p></p><p>Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nimrod, post: 583729, member: 6327"] I tend to define a rifles accuracy by the average group size with its preferred load. I too could care less whether it is a factory or custom rifle as long as it shoots. When I get a new rifle I typically will buy a box of factory ammo, usually Federal blue box, if it won't shoot that into 1.5 minutes or so I usually consider it a re-barrel project or trade it off. I shot a group the other day with a new to me M70 7MM RM that went into about 3/8" at 100 yards after a fouling shot. Do I have a 1/3 minute gun? Who knows, but I think the potential is there so I have dies and brass on the way and we will see what it does. This gun is a stock wally-world special package gun with the trigger tuned and a bit of sanding to knock the high spots out of the barrel channel. The other LR candidate I'm currently working with is a 700 CDL in 7MM RUM. This one has been bedded and free floated, trigger tuned and a brake added with a re-crown in the process. It has fired 3 shot groups during load development ranging from 2.95" down to .809" at 200 yards. I suspect this rifle has a non concentric bore because it absolutely will not put the third shot into a group unless the barrel is completely cool. I think both of these rifles have potential and can help me develop my long range skills. I do my load development at 200 yards because I have a really nice range at my disposal that has tall berms down both sides that tend to minimize the wind. When I find a load that does what I'm looking for I stop at that point and start shooting from field positions. The gun club I belong to has targets to 500 yards and I'm looking at another that has an 800 yard range. The problem is that they are both about 65 miles away in opposite directions so I'm not able to get to either one of them on a regular basis. I improvise by shooting at rocks, or home made steel plates, 10 or 15 minutes on my ATV from the house I can shoot a long ways. Most of my rifles are " tuned " or customized to some extent. I am just starting down the long range path and I'm still optically challenged (range finder) so the farthest I have been able to range a rock is 513 yards. The next order of business is to upgrade the range finder. Humbly submitted! Bob [/QUOTE]
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