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Post by: cboom on October 03, 2013, 11:19:38 PM: delete
Title: Re: Think I finally got my Browning A-Bolt dialed in I hope
Post by: Duffer on October 03, 2013, 11:26:26 PM: Congrats and nice work! :tup:

I've read similar recommendations when researching this Mosin Nagant I'm currently playing with. Some guys are laying cork in the barrel channel or talk of old timers (during The War) laying oiled cloth (burlap or corduroy?) in the barrel channel. Supposed to damper 'whip' on a long thin barrel, I guess.
Title: Re: Think I finally got my Browning A-Bolt dialed in I hope
Post by: RadSav on October 04, 2013, 01:39:47 AM: One of my favorite guns is a .325 WSM Kimber Montana I bought from a member on here. The super light weight barrel never did give me much confidence with the grouping. I then read an article on the NULA rifles and the research that went with them. So I started searching for a bad review on NULA short mag rifles. And I could not find a single one! So I set out to neutral bed the full length of the barrel and action as does that rifle manufacturer. It did wonders! I can not get a shot to walk at all until the fifth shot. And by the time I reload I'm back on dead center POI. Gets me .5" with factory Nosler Ammo. Not sure I'm even capable of shooting better than that. :dunno:

Since then I've also full length bedded at neutral an older 7mm A-Bolt that always had a whippy barrel issue. I also cut 2" off the barrel at the same time. It too is a subMOA gun now and by far the most fun gun to shoot in my safe.

These two guns now have taken four shots at animals with four kills. Total recovery distance combined has been 40 yards. And that is only because my blacktail last year made it 40 yards with no liver, one lung and a 1" hole in it's heart. Bang Flop on the other three.

If I was interested in making a sniper rifle and planned on sitting in a clock tower shooting 30 bad guys in rapid succession at 1/2 mile away I might really demand a floated barrel and no shot stringing. But since I will never do anything but bring home steaks and bacon I expect five shots is about four more than I should need.

Only issue I've run into with this type of bedding is I need to make sure to not rest the rifle stalk at the last few inches of the forearm. Other than that it has been fantastic for me.
Title: Re: Think I finally got my Browning A-Bolt dialed in I hope
Post by: Pete112288 on October 06, 2013, 08:23:48 AM: Maybe I got lucky with my Stainless Stalker. I shoot factory Remington CoreLokts and get .5 to .6 inch groups. It is all completely stock gun besides the sissy pad. Maybe its a caliber difference combined with that type of barrel/gun. Mine is not a fast mag caliber, just a good ol 30-06.