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<blockquote data-quote="VinceMule" data-source="post: 2848045" data-attributes="member: 122164"><p>The muzzle moves .200 of an inch during recoil, approximately. What you do to control that +/- 0.200 of an inch is critical, you have to be careful to not outsmart yourself. Establish a goal of the accuracy standard you want at what yardage. Shooting at 450-600 yards in a 6.5 lb rifle is not the same as shooting a 9.5 lb rifle, not by a long shot as lots of gun handling factors come into play. There are plenty of trained riflemen that can handle a 6.5 lb rifle at 600 yards, but it comes with a discipline.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of empty-headed BS floating around from people that have never squeezed the trigger on a paper target a 600, must less an animal.</p><p></p><p>Animals are not hard to kill, just put the bullet where it belongs.</p><p></p><p>On every model 7 that I have owned, 243, 7/08, and 308, we had a Gentry muzzle break installed on the barrel, bedded the stock, put the forearm full of those stick-on wheel weights, and those spindly little guns put the bullets in the same hole with tuned reloads, without fail. The Little bit of weight in the forearm, mitigated the barrel flip, an unbelievably simple fix. I did not come up with the fix, I copied my brother. Those stick-on wheel weights will stay on at 100 mph, so their staying in place during recoil is no issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VinceMule, post: 2848045, member: 122164"] The muzzle moves .200 of an inch during recoil, approximately. What you do to control that +/- 0.200 of an inch is critical, you have to be careful to not outsmart yourself. Establish a goal of the accuracy standard you want at what yardage. Shooting at 450-600 yards in a 6.5 lb rifle is not the same as shooting a 9.5 lb rifle, not by a long shot as lots of gun handling factors come into play. There are plenty of trained riflemen that can handle a 6.5 lb rifle at 600 yards, but it comes with a discipline. There is a lot of empty-headed BS floating around from people that have never squeezed the trigger on a paper target a 600, must less an animal. Animals are not hard to kill, just put the bullet where it belongs. On every model 7 that I have owned, 243, 7/08, and 308, we had a Gentry muzzle break installed on the barrel, bedded the stock, put the forearm full of those stick-on wheel weights, and those spindly little guns put the bullets in the same hole with tuned reloads, without fail. The Little bit of weight in the forearm, mitigated the barrel flip, an unbelievably simple fix. I did not come up with the fix, I copied my brother. Those stick-on wheel weights will stay on at 100 mph, so their staying in place during recoil is no issue. [/QUOTE]
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