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Rubber Wrapping a barrel?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1029170" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>If a barrel bore is good but wont shoot well, It could be any number of things.</p><p></p><p>Start with bedding. This will never hurt and makes the system more consistent. If it is a light weight barrel, bed about 1" of the barrel at the same time. (This effectively shortens the barrel changing the Harmonics).</p><p></p><p>Another thing to try is after you do a full bed and test to see if it improved (And it did but not enough to suet you) take the barreled action out of the stock and where the tip pressure point </p><p>was/is, remove it and then place a small amount of bedding compound where it was and carefully place the barreled action back in the stock. (Don't press down on the barrel, just let the barrel mash it out after the action is torqued) this does not apply tip pressure but again dampens the barrel and changes the harmonics of the barrel. When it is cured you can trim it flush on the outside to look good.</p><p></p><p>You can add adjustable screws at the tip of the stock and trying different tensions change the effected harmonics. </p><p></p><p>Harmonics are very important when accuracy is desired. The lighter the barrel, the harder it is to tune the harmonics. almost everything we do to a rifle changes the harmonics. The heavier the barrel the less effects harmonics have on it.</p><p></p><p>Other ways to change the harmonics are, changing the bullet weight and load (Normally light weight barrels prefer lighter bullets) re crown the barrel until it improves (This shortens the barrel 1/16"</p><p>at a time and is amazingly effective at times on a premium barrels ) Stock materials can also effect the harmonics by not resonating the harmonics and in the case of the laminated stocks, actually dampening the harmonics because of the many different directions of the grain. </p><p></p><p>And still another way is to add a weight to the end of the barrel. this can be done by adding a larger muzzle brake, an adjustable weight (Like the BOSS) or just an adjustable weight with no ports.</p><p>Lots of competitors use this method where muzzle brakes are not aloud.</p><p></p><p>As you can tell I did not mention wrapping the barrel, mainly because I have not tried it, and as others have said I don't think it will do any good "BUT" that doesn't mean it wont work, so try it.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1029170, member: 2736"] If a barrel bore is good but wont shoot well, It could be any number of things. Start with bedding. This will never hurt and makes the system more consistent. If it is a light weight barrel, bed about 1" of the barrel at the same time. (This effectively shortens the barrel changing the Harmonics). Another thing to try is after you do a full bed and test to see if it improved (And it did but not enough to suet you) take the barreled action out of the stock and where the tip pressure point was/is, remove it and then place a small amount of bedding compound where it was and carefully place the barreled action back in the stock. (Don't press down on the barrel, just let the barrel mash it out after the action is torqued) this does not apply tip pressure but again dampens the barrel and changes the harmonics of the barrel. When it is cured you can trim it flush on the outside to look good. You can add adjustable screws at the tip of the stock and trying different tensions change the effected harmonics. Harmonics are very important when accuracy is desired. The lighter the barrel, the harder it is to tune the harmonics. almost everything we do to a rifle changes the harmonics. The heavier the barrel the less effects harmonics have on it. Other ways to change the harmonics are, changing the bullet weight and load (Normally light weight barrels prefer lighter bullets) re crown the barrel until it improves (This shortens the barrel 1/16" at a time and is amazingly effective at times on a premium barrels ) Stock materials can also effect the harmonics by not resonating the harmonics and in the case of the laminated stocks, actually dampening the harmonics because of the many different directions of the grain. And still another way is to add a weight to the end of the barrel. this can be done by adding a larger muzzle brake, an adjustable weight (Like the BOSS) or just an adjustable weight with no ports. Lots of competitors use this method where muzzle brakes are not aloud. As you can tell I did not mention wrapping the barrel, mainly because I have not tried it, and as others have said I don't think it will do any good "BUT" that doesn't mean it wont work, so try it. I hope this helps. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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