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New Rifle Possible issues??
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<blockquote data-quote="Shumba" data-source="post: 594291" data-attributes="member: 12337"><p>I went by the smith yesterday and talked with him about the possible issue. He said that there was no problem. The man is a very nice and easy to talk to person that I have done business with for a lot of years and has always done good work, this is why I had my hunting partner have him build this rifle. Plus he is local which is convienient. He said as long as there was not a headspace issue, which there is not, he checked, it will not hurt anything. He said since it is a hunting rifle it needs to have a little space there to keep from locking up if some debris gets into the action. I see the merits of this but if it is my rifle and I paid $1k plus for a custom BR quality action, I want it built to BR tolerances that will lock up if frog hair gets int the lug recess. I will worry about keeping the action free of debris. My hunting partner probably could care less and ultimately he is the owner of the rifle, as long as it is safe and he can hit a deer out to 300 yards all is well. </p><p> </p><p>I still do not know what the actual "gap" is in the abutment area on this rifle except what I derived from my rudimentary test. However; I would like to know that if there is this excess gap then what is the possible effects on accuracy. The builder says it will not effect anything accuracy wise and there is not a safety concern. I guess I will leave it at that and if it does not end up being a shooter or if brass problems start showing up during load development i will know that there is indeed an issue here. It just does not seem right for a high end rifle built from these componets to sound loose and rattle around like a fishing lure full of BB's. If it was my rifle it would drive me crazy....but thats me...I guess if it was a shooter and didnt blow me up I could get over it.......<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p> </p><p>Thanks for all the replies, if anyone has any other insight it is welcomed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shumba, post: 594291, member: 12337"] I went by the smith yesterday and talked with him about the possible issue. He said that there was no problem. The man is a very nice and easy to talk to person that I have done business with for a lot of years and has always done good work, this is why I had my hunting partner have him build this rifle. Plus he is local which is convienient. He said as long as there was not a headspace issue, which there is not, he checked, it will not hurt anything. He said since it is a hunting rifle it needs to have a little space there to keep from locking up if some debris gets into the action. I see the merits of this but if it is my rifle and I paid $1k plus for a custom BR quality action, I want it built to BR tolerances that will lock up if frog hair gets int the lug recess. I will worry about keeping the action free of debris. My hunting partner probably could care less and ultimately he is the owner of the rifle, as long as it is safe and he can hit a deer out to 300 yards all is well. I still do not know what the actual "gap" is in the abutment area on this rifle except what I derived from my rudimentary test. However; I would like to know that if there is this excess gap then what is the possible effects on accuracy. The builder says it will not effect anything accuracy wise and there is not a safety concern. I guess I will leave it at that and if it does not end up being a shooter or if brass problems start showing up during load development i will know that there is indeed an issue here. It just does not seem right for a high end rifle built from these componets to sound loose and rattle around like a fishing lure full of BB's. If it was my rifle it would drive me crazy....but thats me...I guess if it was a shooter and didnt blow me up I could get over it.......:D Thanks for all the replies, if anyone has any other insight it is welcomed. [/QUOTE]
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