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Piano .. good cal ... you may want to shoot it first and weed out the issues that you think could be better ...trigger pull - accuracy and how the gun fits you... it may be just fine ... free floating always helps ... but if the gun is shooting tight groups already then no need to do anything ....you take a dollar bill and slide it down the barrel between the barrel and stock and see if the barrel is touching the stock ....sometimes you get lucky and it may not be !
Also, to get the best accuracy, you're most likely going to have to reload. You may get lucky and find a factory load that the rifle likes, but chances are that you will need to reload to get the optimum out of the rifle.
you can do yourself a huge favor and do a PROPER barrel break-in. Go the Lilja barrels website and get the procedure. It's a little time consuming in the beginning, but it's worth it in the end. I've done their procedure on two of their barrels, and they are tack drivers, and clean up very easily now.
piano I would scope it up and shoot it before you go to lots of trouble with modifications, some guns shoot great right out of the box...
All great suggestions! I'm a trigger man and feel a nice trigger job is money well spent. It seems to make all the difference in my long shooting rifles. Remington triggers are usually cheap to clean up and lighten.
you can do yourself a huge favor and do a PROPER barrel break-in.
Quote from: bearpaw on April 24, 2012, 09:23:44 AMpiano I would scope it up and shoot it before you go to lots of trouble with modifications, some guns shoot great right out of the box... Good advice, thanks BP. I have a .280 and you don't!
Quote from: pianoman9701 on April 24, 2012, 09:44:06 AMQuote from: bearpaw on April 24, 2012, 09:23:44 AMpiano I would scope it up and shoot it before you go to lots of trouble with modifications, some guns shoot great right out of the box... Good advice, thanks BP. I have a .280 and you don't! I got 2 now, ha ha.....
Quote from: bearpaw on April 24, 2012, 10:32:13 AMQuote from: pianoman9701 on April 24, 2012, 09:44:06 AMQuote from: bearpaw on April 24, 2012, 09:23:44 AMpiano I would scope it up and shoot it before you go to lots of trouble with modifications, some guns shoot great right out of the box... Good advice, thanks BP. I have a .280 and you don't! I got 2 now, ha ha..... Cool beans. I guess I'm outta luck for a trade then, huh?
After you've checked the float, you may want to re-bed the action yourself (if you don't like it how it is).