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Sendero barrel vs. custom barrels... worth the upgrade $ ??
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<blockquote data-quote="johnnyk" data-source="post: 204241" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>Gab,</p><p> He's right...test it first. Case in point. I found a Winchester 70 SA (Heavy Varmint) in .243 setting in a local gun shop about a week ago. I looked it over for a few minutes. Seemed to be in pretty darn good condition. The jewelling was still sharp on the bolt and the only scuffs or marks I could find on it was on the barrel where it sat in a gun cabinet.</p><p> The gun shop owner had $700 marked on the tag. It had an old glossy Burris 6x18 with Weaver rings and mounts. I asked and he said he would let just the rifle go for $500! It just so happened that the previous owner was standing right beside me as I was admiring it. He was there checking out some AR15's. During the conversation he said he hadn't shot it much, it was very accurate and just decided to move on to something else. Now I know that accuracy is subjective, but I had to take that chance.</p><p> I went back and bought it yesterday. Got it home and cleaned the barrel. Took about 10 patches to get the carbon and copper out and another five to lay down a fine coat of oil (Kroil/Marvel Mystery combo) and whipe that out. Turned trigger down to 2.25lbs, checked bedding and re-assembled. Loaded some old 85gn HP (Match) Winchester bullets in front of IMR4831 with CCI BR2's. Charges were 41.5gns thru 44.5gns. Best group was .267" (44.5) and all the rest were under .5". She's a keeper! JohnnyK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnnyk, post: 204241, member: 307"] Gab, He's right...test it first. Case in point. I found a Winchester 70 SA (Heavy Varmint) in .243 setting in a local gun shop about a week ago. I looked it over for a few minutes. Seemed to be in pretty darn good condition. The jewelling was still sharp on the bolt and the only scuffs or marks I could find on it was on the barrel where it sat in a gun cabinet. The gun shop owner had $700 marked on the tag. It had an old glossy Burris 6x18 with Weaver rings and mounts. I asked and he said he would let just the rifle go for $500! It just so happened that the previous owner was standing right beside me as I was admiring it. He was there checking out some AR15's. During the conversation he said he hadn't shot it much, it was very accurate and just decided to move on to something else. Now I know that accuracy is subjective, but I had to take that chance. I went back and bought it yesterday. Got it home and cleaned the barrel. Took about 10 patches to get the carbon and copper out and another five to lay down a fine coat of oil (Kroil/Marvel Mystery combo) and whipe that out. Turned trigger down to 2.25lbs, checked bedding and re-assembled. Loaded some old 85gn HP (Match) Winchester bullets in front of IMR4831 with CCI BR2's. Charges were 41.5gns thru 44.5gns. Best group was .267" (44.5) and all the rest were under .5". She's a keeper! JohnnyK. [/QUOTE]
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