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Need 22-284 Help Before I Find Out If This Gun Will Float
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<blockquote data-quote="308 nate" data-source="post: 64078" data-attributes="member: 1920"><p>Gator,</p><p>I'm sorry to hear about your frustrations.</p><p>That's got to be about the most irritating thing in the world.</p><p></p><p>question 1-who did your chambering,threading and crowning?</p><p></p><p>question 2- how much of the muzzle end of the barrel was cut off before it was crowned? Was a piloted crowning tool used?</p><p></p><p>question 3- what kind of reamer was used?</p><p> was it a piloted reamer so that the pilot could be matched perfectly to the bore?</p><p>I have seen crooked chambers that would only group around an inch with the best load.</p><p></p><p>question 4- Is the barrel bedded in front of the recoil lug?</p><p>if it is, I would recommend removing the bedding in front of the recoil lug, not that this would cause the problem but is unnecessary for that barrel length and when the epoxy pushes into the barrel chanel, if there is not a perfect cut off in the epoxy to barrel contact it could cause weird barrel vibrations (this is just my therory on this and is not proven fact).</p><p></p><p>question 5- when the muzzle brake was installed before threading was the barrel spinning true to the axis of the bore or spinning true to the outside of the barrel?</p><p></p><p>question 6- how extensive are your reloads? are you still using virgin brass? Or are you neck sizing once fired in your chamber, brass?</p><p></p><p>question 7- is your barrel still heavily fouling?</p><p></p><p>question 8- before chambering was your barrel spinning true to the axis of the bore or to the outside of the barrel?</p><p></p><p>question 9- was a true floating pilot reamer holder used to hold the reamer? a lot of reamer holders only allow for horizontal and vertical alignment but the one I used is called the bald eagle holder made by PTG and it floats horizontal,vertical and angular so the reamer can follow the bore perfectly.</p><p>308nate</p><p></p><p>p.s have you checked your bedding by putting a mag base dial indicator on your barrel in front of the stock and have the indicator touch the end of the stock then loosen your front action screw and watch the dial indicator then do the same with the rear action screw. If you're getting more than .003 movement than you might consider rebedding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="308 nate, post: 64078, member: 1920"] Gator, I'm sorry to hear about your frustrations. That's got to be about the most irritating thing in the world. question 1-who did your chambering,threading and crowning? question 2- how much of the muzzle end of the barrel was cut off before it was crowned? Was a piloted crowning tool used? question 3- what kind of reamer was used? was it a piloted reamer so that the pilot could be matched perfectly to the bore? I have seen crooked chambers that would only group around an inch with the best load. question 4- Is the barrel bedded in front of the recoil lug? if it is, I would recommend removing the bedding in front of the recoil lug, not that this would cause the problem but is unnecessary for that barrel length and when the epoxy pushes into the barrel chanel, if there is not a perfect cut off in the epoxy to barrel contact it could cause weird barrel vibrations (this is just my therory on this and is not proven fact). question 5- when the muzzle brake was installed before threading was the barrel spinning true to the axis of the bore or spinning true to the outside of the barrel? question 6- how extensive are your reloads? are you still using virgin brass? Or are you neck sizing once fired in your chamber, brass? question 7- is your barrel still heavily fouling? question 8- before chambering was your barrel spinning true to the axis of the bore or to the outside of the barrel? question 9- was a true floating pilot reamer holder used to hold the reamer? a lot of reamer holders only allow for horizontal and vertical alignment but the one I used is called the bald eagle holder made by PTG and it floats horizontal,vertical and angular so the reamer can follow the bore perfectly. 308nate p.s have you checked your bedding by putting a mag base dial indicator on your barrel in front of the stock and have the indicator touch the end of the stock then loosen your front action screw and watch the dial indicator then do the same with the rear action screw. If you're getting more than .003 movement than you might consider rebedding. [/QUOTE]
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