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Savage B.Mag 17 Winchester Super Mag Teardown
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<blockquote data-quote="oregonreloader" data-source="post: 998307" data-attributes="member: 71958"><p>I see that my last post on the .17WSM was at the end of May of 2014. In reviewing some of the earlier posts and the posts subsequent to my last one (May 28th) it would appear that 1) the SS bull barrel version of the B.MAG is a good shooter out of the box, 2) shortening the barrel improves the accuracy and, 3) the blued B.MAG barrel appears to be thinner that the barrels of similar caliber.</p><p></p><p>While there are reports that "bedding" the barrel in various magical ways has improved the accuracy, the "bedding" solution and the three 'truisms' above suggest to me that the fundamental problem is the barrel was not designed to properly deal with the resonances that occur when a shot is fired. Aussiecritter "tuned" his barrel by shortening it, likely placing the vibration modes and/or resonant frequencies into a region where accuracy was not degraded.</p><p></p><p>I decided continued efforts to improve the accuracy of my B.MAG were wasting my time with respect to any advantage gained. I swapped my B.MAG for a Model 25 in .17 Hornet last June.</p><p></p><p>I look forward to reading these posts to see if someone finds a "fix-one, fix-all" solution to the accuracy problem. If someone does, he (or she) will be a hero to this community.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oregonreloader, post: 998307, member: 71958"] I see that my last post on the .17WSM was at the end of May of 2014. In reviewing some of the earlier posts and the posts subsequent to my last one (May 28th) it would appear that 1) the SS bull barrel version of the B.MAG is a good shooter out of the box, 2) shortening the barrel improves the accuracy and, 3) the blued B.MAG barrel appears to be thinner that the barrels of similar caliber. While there are reports that "bedding" the barrel in various magical ways has improved the accuracy, the "bedding" solution and the three 'truisms' above suggest to me that the fundamental problem is the barrel was not designed to properly deal with the resonances that occur when a shot is fired. Aussiecritter "tuned" his barrel by shortening it, likely placing the vibration modes and/or resonant frequencies into a region where accuracy was not degraded. I decided continued efforts to improve the accuracy of my B.MAG were wasting my time with respect to any advantage gained. I swapped my B.MAG for a Model 25 in .17 Hornet last June. I look forward to reading these posts to see if someone finds a "fix-one, fix-all" solution to the accuracy problem. If someone does, he (or she) will be a hero to this community. [/QUOTE]
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