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foreign Member
Joined: Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: NEW ZEALAND
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:54 am Post subject: accurizing rifle |
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hey i have a .308 remington 700. i was wondering what suggestions everyone had to make it more accurate.just any ideas
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:57 am Post subject: Re: accurizing rifle |
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How accurate is it now? Check bedding, adjust/replace trigger... Those are easy improvements.
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Gil Martin Super Member
Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1837 Location: Schnecksville, PA
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:15 am Post subject: It depends |
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I would recommend a thorough cleaning, float the barrel channel, tighten the action and scope base screws. Then work up some decent reloads and head for the range to verify how it shoots. All the best...
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foreign Member
Joined: Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: NEW ZEALAND
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: Re: accurizing rifle |
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hey yea ive lightend the trigger to as light as i think safe for hunting, probably 1.5#. have made sure there is not point the barrel is touching the stock. made sure theres a good 1cm around the barrel. got a load of 45.6gr ar2208 (varget) behind 150gr hornady btsp, remington brass and winchester wlr primers. generally get the first 2 rounds touching and the 3rd of about 1inch. better rest mite help. got that load the ocw method. 45.3 and 45.7 group the same.
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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: accurizing rifle |
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One thing, ever tried to keep shooting ??
After the first 2 rounds, do the rest of the rounds group up together ?? Sometimes a barrel needs to have a couple of "foulers" shot before it will shoot constantly. This is why in alot of target shooting they allow what are called "Sighters" at the start of the match. While others do not to make you compensate for the difference from a cold bore to a fouled bore.
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Markstone Rookie Member
Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 16 Location: North Coast Ohio
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: accurizing rifle |
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Just finished the David Tubb fire-lapping process a couple weeks ago on a Savage 338 WinMag... I'm very pleased. Groups 3 shots in 3/8" and a heck of a lot easier to clean. Heard it works well on cleaning out neglected barrels as well. $30 at Cabelas or Midway...
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foreign Member
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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: Re: accurizing rifle |
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hey dimitri yea sory i forgot to mention that the group was after 2 fouling military rounds
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whittling Super Member
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 3:29 am Post subject: Re: accurizing rifle |
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Deleted_User_2665 Super Member
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:46 am Post subject: Re: accurizing rifle |
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foreign wrote: |
hey yea ive lightend the trigger to as light as i think safe for hunting, probably 1.5#. have made sure there is not point the barrel is touching the stock. made sure theres a good 1cm around the barrel. got a load of 45.6gr ar2208 (varget) behind 150gr hornady btsp, remington brass and winchester wlr primers. generally get the first 2 rounds touching and the 3rd of about 1inch. better rest mite help. got that load the ocw method. 45.3 and 45.7 group the same. |
OCW load principles tend to eliminate flyers if there is not mechanical problems causing them.
45.6 grains is likely not quite the sweet spot.............
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foreign Member
Joined: Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 50 Location: NEW ZEALAND
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: accurizing rifle |
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hey wilds i know that u are a fan of the ocw method.i thought i did it correctly. i started from 10% les that max and loaded 3 consecutivly in 1% increases then went up in .7% loading thre of each up untill i had 47.3gr. shot them with 2min between each at different targets doing 1 of each load in order. i found that the 45.3 45.6 and 45.7 all shot in the same place. then loaded one of each and they all hit within an inch. think i did it right?
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