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Truing an action over rated?
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<blockquote data-quote="dennisinaz" data-source="post: 1681901" data-attributes="member: 40966"><p>I still have this rifle today and hunt with it a lot. The first re-barrel was a Hart. What a piece of junk. Greg Tannel, who rebarreled it at the time he did the truing package, took it back, tried to get it to shoot and told me the barrel was no good- of course Hart said it wasn't their problem since he chambered it. We put the Krieger on the second time. Maybe his 260 reamer is just not a great design, I don't know but I set the barrel back a few thousandths and rechambered to 260AI. It is a solid 1/2" rifle now with the occasional 1/4" group. Almost all I ever shoot in it is 140 Sierra game kings. It is a 9 twist so I can't use VLD bullets anyway. Remington Mountain rifle so fairly lightweight.</p><p></p><p>I still think money is better spent on a good custom action than truing a 700. When you have a "trued" 700 it is still a 700. It will never be worth what you put into it.</p><p></p><p>All the gunsmiths that make money "truing " actions are going to sell you this service, claim it's vitally important etc. Unless you have a really messed up action I think you can get the best out of it switching some parts. Good trigger, good bedding, good barrel etc.</p><p></p><p>You can lap the threads and the barrel fit-up if you are really particular. I just haven't seen that it amounts to anything in a HUNTING rifle.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to accuracy, a 1/2" rifle is going to hit your deer vital sized target every time at 1000 yards if you have your wind right. m(assuming you have good ES and SD) A 1/4" rifle isn't going to help enough to overcome your inadequacies in reading the wind. If I find a solid 1/2" load in a hunting rifle, I quit wasting time looking for more and I go practice. If I'm trying to shoot targets or groups at 1000 yards, I will continue load development until i get the best I can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennisinaz, post: 1681901, member: 40966"] I still have this rifle today and hunt with it a lot. The first re-barrel was a Hart. What a piece of junk. Greg Tannel, who rebarreled it at the time he did the truing package, took it back, tried to get it to shoot and told me the barrel was no good- of course Hart said it wasn't their problem since he chambered it. We put the Krieger on the second time. Maybe his 260 reamer is just not a great design, I don't know but I set the barrel back a few thousandths and rechambered to 260AI. It is a solid 1/2" rifle now with the occasional 1/4" group. Almost all I ever shoot in it is 140 Sierra game kings. It is a 9 twist so I can't use VLD bullets anyway. Remington Mountain rifle so fairly lightweight. I still think money is better spent on a good custom action than truing a 700. When you have a "trued" 700 it is still a 700. It will never be worth what you put into it. All the gunsmiths that make money "truing " actions are going to sell you this service, claim it's vitally important etc. Unless you have a really messed up action I think you can get the best out of it switching some parts. Good trigger, good bedding, good barrel etc. You can lap the threads and the barrel fit-up if you are really particular. I just haven't seen that it amounts to anything in a HUNTING rifle. When it comes to accuracy, a 1/2" rifle is going to hit your deer vital sized target every time at 1000 yards if you have your wind right. m(assuming you have good ES and SD) A 1/4" rifle isn't going to help enough to overcome your inadequacies in reading the wind. If I find a solid 1/2" load in a hunting rifle, I quit wasting time looking for more and I go practice. If I'm trying to shoot targets or groups at 1000 yards, I will continue load development until i get the best I can. [/QUOTE]
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