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To barrel nut or to not barrel nut?
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 1230969" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>Rcoody nailed it, not every build is about having someone build you a rifle, sometimes the fun is in building yourself, despite tooling limitations, the best rifle you can and be proud of it cause you know more about it than one you bought.</p><p>I started out just swapping barrels on my stuff then buddies stuff then started looking how to improve on that which lead to learning what each action needs to shine. Today I can build equal rifles with or without a nut, just don't matter. The best one I've seen shoot with a nut that I built has repeat groups in the .0's but those zeros were in the barrel and I didn't take away from them and the shooter/loader did not either. </p><p>Builders at the top end who are striving for precision all have things that they feel make a better rifle for them, not all are in agreement but build equally awesome rifles. I've seen a multi record holding BR rifle with a hand tight barrel, threading that looks like it was done by a blind monkey and a bedding job that look like bear poop but it would lay down groups like none other, then you see one that is perfect in every way shoot like butt, change one small thing and it lights up, so in the end most of use who care, do everything possible and so by elimination of variables it should shoot but can we really, and I mean verifiable put our finger on ONLY what it takes for a rifle to shoot, cause I see rifles all the time that defy what I think should shoot!!</p><p></p><p>I personally don't like using a nut because it's more work than just turning a shoulder,</p><p>in the end it's about the shooter having fun and getting what he wants, some of us have fun and get a kick out of building our own stuff and knowing the gutts of it, if that means using a nut, go for it, cause done right your not leaving anything on the table and your doing it yourself and if that is important rock it!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 1230969, member: 13632"] Rcoody nailed it, not every build is about having someone build you a rifle, sometimes the fun is in building yourself, despite tooling limitations, the best rifle you can and be proud of it cause you know more about it than one you bought. I started out just swapping barrels on my stuff then buddies stuff then started looking how to improve on that which lead to learning what each action needs to shine. Today I can build equal rifles with or without a nut, just don't matter. The best one I've seen shoot with a nut that I built has repeat groups in the .0's but those zeros were in the barrel and I didn't take away from them and the shooter/loader did not either. Builders at the top end who are striving for precision all have things that they feel make a better rifle for them, not all are in agreement but build equally awesome rifles. I've seen a multi record holding BR rifle with a hand tight barrel, threading that looks like it was done by a blind monkey and a bedding job that look like bear poop but it would lay down groups like none other, then you see one that is perfect in every way shoot like butt, change one small thing and it lights up, so in the end most of use who care, do everything possible and so by elimination of variables it should shoot but can we really, and I mean verifiable put our finger on ONLY what it takes for a rifle to shoot, cause I see rifles all the time that defy what I think should shoot!! I personally don't like using a nut because it's more work than just turning a shoulder, in the end it's about the shooter having fun and getting what he wants, some of us have fun and get a kick out of building our own stuff and knowing the gutts of it, if that means using a nut, go for it, cause done right your not leaving anything on the table and your doing it yourself and if that is important rock it!! [/QUOTE]
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