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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1629048" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I'd like to suggest that you get away from the bore snake and buy yourself a good coated rod or a carbon fiber rod. Get yourself a bore guide to keep the inside of your barrel and bore nick and dent free.</p><p></p><p>I have never tried pillar bedding, however have done a good many glass bedding jobs. With all of the rifles that I have done, accuracy on all of them has improved greatly. You'll get lots of opinions about glass bedding, I have had good results glass bedding from 4 inches in front of the recoil lug back and free-floating the rest of the barrel. The most important aspect of glass bedding when first starting out is to make sure that all of the parts that you do not want to stick to the stock are coated with release agent. I use black shoe polish and also a spray release agent sold by Brownells. If you can get the action to separate from the stock you ought to be okay. As for screwing up the bedding job, again get the receiver out of the stock clearance/grind/sand away what you are not satisfied with and start over by fiberglass skimming the areas that you are not satisfied with. Always always always cover your entire stock with masking tape. You will not believe where the glass can and will end up. I use Play-Do to make dams inside the stock in the magazine well, and barrel channel. There's plenty of good You Tube links showing you how to glass bed a stock.</p><p></p><p>And.....when I read a post about accuracy,<u><em><strong> I always suggest starting with the basics</strong></em></u>. Always remove all of the mounting hardware scope base/s, rings, all the mounting screws. Check your receiver to make sure that all of the screw holes have threads and are not stripped out. Check your mounting screws with your bases to make sure that the screws are not bottoming out and preventing the base/s from being tightened down. I clean my screw holes and screws with brake or carb cleaner before assembly to ensure that they are clean for the Loctite to adhere to. I like to lap my rings in, it is amazing to see how misaligned that scope rings are. Always check the screw holes in the rings to make sure that they have threads and are not stripped out. Again clean the screws for the scope rings with brake or carb cleaner to ensure they will accept the Loctite. And.....always torque your screws to the recommended factory specs when mounting the scope.</p><p></p><p>I have a friend who had a problem similar to yours. He is a very good shot, however his new 270WSM was giving him some real serious thoughts about his shooting abilities. His rifle would shoot good groups and then he would get a flier. It was only a few weeks before he was going on a guided mule deer/antelope hunt and he'd bought this rifle for the hunt so the pressure was on!!! While at the range I was watching him to see about his shooting posture, when he shot I saw the scope move ever so slightly! Long story short he had a cracked scope ring. Scope rings are not supposed to crack, I've never seen one crack in all my years of shooting 50+ years, and his did. Hope this helps with improving the accuracy of your rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1629048, member: 69192"] I'd like to suggest that you get away from the bore snake and buy yourself a good coated rod or a carbon fiber rod. Get yourself a bore guide to keep the inside of your barrel and bore nick and dent free. I have never tried pillar bedding, however have done a good many glass bedding jobs. With all of the rifles that I have done, accuracy on all of them has improved greatly. You'll get lots of opinions about glass bedding, I have had good results glass bedding from 4 inches in front of the recoil lug back and free-floating the rest of the barrel. The most important aspect of glass bedding when first starting out is to make sure that all of the parts that you do not want to stick to the stock are coated with release agent. I use black shoe polish and also a spray release agent sold by Brownells. If you can get the action to separate from the stock you ought to be okay. As for screwing up the bedding job, again get the receiver out of the stock clearance/grind/sand away what you are not satisfied with and start over by fiberglass skimming the areas that you are not satisfied with. Always always always cover your entire stock with masking tape. You will not believe where the glass can and will end up. I use Play-Do to make dams inside the stock in the magazine well, and barrel channel. There's plenty of good You Tube links showing you how to glass bed a stock. And.....when I read a post about accuracy,[U][I][B] I always suggest starting with the basics[/B][/I][/U]. Always remove all of the mounting hardware scope base/s, rings, all the mounting screws. Check your receiver to make sure that all of the screw holes have threads and are not stripped out. Check your mounting screws with your bases to make sure that the screws are not bottoming out and preventing the base/s from being tightened down. I clean my screw holes and screws with brake or carb cleaner before assembly to ensure that they are clean for the Loctite to adhere to. I like to lap my rings in, it is amazing to see how misaligned that scope rings are. Always check the screw holes in the rings to make sure that they have threads and are not stripped out. Again clean the screws for the scope rings with brake or carb cleaner to ensure they will accept the Loctite. And.....always torque your screws to the recommended factory specs when mounting the scope. I have a friend who had a problem similar to yours. He is a very good shot, however his new 270WSM was giving him some real serious thoughts about his shooting abilities. His rifle would shoot good groups and then he would get a flier. It was only a few weeks before he was going on a guided mule deer/antelope hunt and he'd bought this rifle for the hunt so the pressure was on!!! While at the range I was watching him to see about his shooting posture, when he shot I saw the scope move ever so slightly! Long story short he had a cracked scope ring. Scope rings are not supposed to crack, I've never seen one crack in all my years of shooting 50+ years, and his did. Hope this helps with improving the accuracy of your rifle. [/QUOTE]
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