Free float A7? (Group Therapy)......... Fixed!.......
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That's the problem, it would put 5 into 1" cold. But never in the same square and never with any consistency. I'm sure if I went through the hassle of sending it back (right before hunting season) I'd see it next year with a "no fault found" note.
I understand the pressure point concept in synthetic stocks, but after how much I had to remove, there was WAY too much pressure on the barrel.
Very interesting...
I will probably try mine this weekend, I will share the results... good or bad !
So finally I tried mine in stock configuration.
Mine is a .270 win and I must say I really love this rifle.
I tried 5 brands of ammo and she shoots well with all the ammunition tested.
- Hornady Superformance 130gr
- Hornady White tail 130gr
- Remington Corelock 130gr
- Winchester 130gr
- Barnes 130gr
With every brands, the point of impact is almost identical, which is great.
She seems to like the Hornady ammunition alot.
The Hornady whitetail gave me great results.
The better of the five was without a doubt the Hornady Superformance, which produce cloverleaf groupings everytime.
I always liked the Hornady products and I'm not surprised by the results.
Conclusion : In my case I will leave the contact points, I don't feel the need to remove them. Cold or hot, with any ammunition, she shoots well !
My best bet is with the contact points, the action screws must have the right torque value to perform well, which is maybe less important when its free-floated, but I can be wrong...
Mine is a .270 win and I must say I really love this rifle.
I tried 5 brands of ammo and she shoots well with all the ammunition tested.
- Hornady Superformance 130gr
- Hornady White tail 130gr
- Remington Corelock 130gr
- Winchester 130gr
- Barnes 130gr
With every brands, the point of impact is almost identical, which is great.
She seems to like the Hornady ammunition alot.
The Hornady whitetail gave me great results.
The better of the five was without a doubt the Hornady Superformance, which produce cloverleaf groupings everytime.
I always liked the Hornady products and I'm not surprised by the results.
Conclusion : In my case I will leave the contact points, I don't feel the need to remove them. Cold or hot, with any ammunition, she shoots well !
My best bet is with the contact points, the action screws must have the right torque value to perform well, which is maybe less important when its free-floated, but I can be wrong...
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Well I shot mine in .308 with 7 or 8 different type of ammo and its not that great of a shooter. Very disappointing! My 4 Tikka (now 2) and 2 Sako shoot way better. When I removed the two stock screws to adjust the trigger I noticed there was a bit of play from barrel and recoil block/stock. I shimmed the block and stock with a 1/16" copper shim and it seem to tighten things up. Next time out shooting the grouping did improved, will shoot it a bit more before I try anything else. I might even try a different scope as I never had much luck with Burris scopes in the past. I like the feel of this rifle, but I don't think I would want to shoot one in .300WSM, must be nasty. LOL
Factors that can affect accuracy.
1. Bases
2. Rings
3. Scope
4. Ammo
5. pressure points between the stock and barrel.
6. Trigger pull.
Check out these thing and determine where the issues are and then remedy them one at a time.
1. Bases
2. Rings
3. Scope
4. Ammo
5. pressure points between the stock and barrel.
6. Trigger pull.
Check out these thing and determine where the issues are and then remedy them one at a time.
Mine was definatly a factory oversight, when sitting in the stock the action screws would pull the action at least 1/8" down before it was seated. That was way too much upward pressure on the barrel. I could have filed the points down until there was light pressure, but I just went all the way instead. Being a molded stock I'm sure there are some inconsistencies.
The 5 shot factory group is with the action strapped to a vice, not the stock it's then bolted to.
The 5 shot factory group is with the action strapped to a vice, not the stock it's then bolted to.
Did you see an improvement ?
I did only 3 shot groups because the barrel become hot pretty fast and I wanted it to be as cool as possible.
Here are my results :
This is my sight-in target at 50y and the first 3 shots group :
Other targets at 100y :
While I said I will leave the rifle as is, I must say its digging in me more and more to free float the barrel...
Someone knows what's the torque value for the action screws ?
Here are my results :
This is my sight-in target at 50y and the first 3 shots group :
Other targets at 100y :
While I said I will leave the rifle as is, I must say its digging in me more and more to free float the barrel...
Someone knows what's the torque value for the action screws ?
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