Bent Barrel

The brit's found that so long as the last few inches were straight and that the barrel was reasonibly straight, there was no problem.
 
Republic of Alberta said:
Demo I will let you look at my Parker Hale. Dad parked his truck on it 20 years ago. The BBL is noticeably bent and has never been straightened. The stock had the identical crack at the for end. That gun still shoots good even with a hot bbl.


Check the scope & mounts are not bent too. Check action is not shifted crooked in stock.

Is there is enough adjustment on the scope to get the bullets hitting center?
If the scope is good but won't compensate I would just bend the bbl back until it shoots straight. Then test for accuracy.
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I'm very skeptical of the scope integrity. We cranked it like 48+ clicks to the right and it did not change p.o.i. Also the whole barrel and action are shoved pretty hard to the left from what I saw.

If it was my rifle I think I'd check out putting a heavy barrel on it and putting it in a fiberglas stock.

I don't think RW knows what he will do with it.

And yes I know that your dad has a rifle with a bent barrel. I told RW that story to try to cheer him up but it didn't seem to work... :p
 
It sucks when you bang up a gun. I tripped and took a tumble down a bank/cliff a couple of weeks ago and we thought I had screwed the gun up. Went to the range and even after that beating my M700 and Leupy scope shot straight so I got away lucky. My story won't make your buddy feel any better about his gun but I woke up at the bottom kissing my own arse trying to figure out how I got there and wondering who I was LOL....
 
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