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Depends what you got? a lever job nothing, single shot bed the hanger and float the barrel, bolt gun, bedding and floating .
Now if you want to really make a bolt gun better, replace barrel , square up the action, lap the lugs, crown the muzzle.replace the trigger, or tune it. If a new barrel was in order, a stock to meet the needs may also be in order. Someone else will have more info , I 'am sick, and can't think very well.
Now if you want to really make a bolt gun better, replace barrel , square up the action, lap the lugs, crown the muzzle.replace the trigger, or tune it. If a new barrel was in order, a stock to meet the needs may also be in order. Someone else will have more info , I 'am sick, and can't think very well.
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Hey thanks
Oh more for the above,(safety pitch) if you have any action or trigger work to do, see a good gunsmith, their the experts, and do a fantastic job, in most cases
Their born tack drivers
, I have a SDJ 38-55 , and a LL 30-30 trapper , they do 1-1.25 @ 100 meters off the bags , and thats with Cast (sized bigger) and store bought, and the best part , Irons , no scope You can make 'em better for sure, but this is pretty much limited to changing the sight setup , ie. install a peep
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thanks it's a rem 700 223 heavey barrel. trigger is not bad, guy before me tuned it, maybe start with a new stock. how much out of curiosity does the rem 700 p have done to it already? and how much more do you need to do to it usually? thanks!
deertaker said:
A lot depends on what type of accuracy you want, and what you plan to do with the rifle.
Many box stock Rem PSS & VS rifles shoot very well with no modifications.I have had a few that needed no work other then a good trigger job and custom handloads in order to shoot sub-MOA.
Handloading for your specific rifle will help to tighten groups, as well as proper technique.Simply ensuring that the action screws are properly torqued and the barrel is free floated can help quite a bit.
Then you could look at having the following done:
-trigger job.A nice 2.5 lbs trigger with a clean release works wonders.
-Action bedded in the stock (Yes, even with H-S & AICS stocks).
-Different style of stock
-Action blueprinted (Action trued,bolt face tured, etc)
-re-barrelled with a good quality match barrel
Also depends on how much cash you want to spend.
I am up to between $9000.00 to $10,000.00 (with optics)with my Custom AI-700 precision/sniper rifle.
SKBY.
deertaker said:
Depending on your shooting ability, with good bedding, the trigger set right, and a good scope mounted correctly I would think this will shoot the cheap Winchester ammo around 1/2 to 3/4 inches at 100 yards. With a quality rebarreling job and no action work and handloads you would cut that down to shooting in the .300's. With action work and the quality rebarrel maybe into the .200's with some groups in the higher .100's.
