My "Precision" Rifle

[Zach O]

Looks great Ray. Hope to see you at a match soon!

[02ducky]

Great looking rifle Ray!

[MBsnow]

The barrel is where the money is made.. Any plans for that?

[ray1970]

The barrel is where the money is made.. Any plans for that?

Yep. Shoot it as-is so that I can work on the fundamentals and learn all of the basics. By the time I have all of that sorted out hopefully the round count will be high enough I can feel good about a barrel upgrade. Probably switch calibers then too.

[XC700116]

I'll post up some pictures when I do it. I have a plan. Just need to figure out what kind of compound to use. I have some metal repair stuff at work that is pretty awesome (and expensive). Might see if it will work. Not sure which ones we have but here's a link.

http://www.belzona.com/en/products/p...al-repair.aspx

I've used JB weld to bed 3 of my rifle scope mounts, and plan to do it on number 4 as soon as it's finished being built. It works well, is cheap, and I've pulled the base on one a couple times to check it and it's held up fine in the over 2800 rounds through that rifle. (yes, my OCD compels me to log every round down the barrel)

[Hoser]

Yep. Shoot it as-is so that I can work on the fundamentals and learn all of the basics. By the time I have all of that sorted out hopefully the round count will be high enough I can feel good about a barrel upgrade. Probably switch calibers then too.

Your OCD flares up over aluminum scope mounts but it is fine with a shitty barrel?

[ray1970]

Your OCD flares up over aluminum scope mounts but it is fine with a shitty barrel?

Lol. Pretty much.

Shitty is is a relative term anyways. I had another one of these rifles once and in the crappy Hogue stock with the factory trigger and a $300 SWFA scope it would shoot .5 to .75 MOA at 100 yards with very little load development.

Since I'm really only planning on shooting from 100 to about 500 yards if it will group around .5 MOA with its favorite load it should serve me well for now.

Remember folks, this is really my first leap into any sort of precision rifle stuff. I'm going to have a lot to learn for a while. I think this will make a decent starter rifle for me until I outgrow it.

[Spdu4ia]

Why only 500yrds?

[ray1970]

Why only 500yrds?

Mostly only 500. And technically the range I most intend to use it on is actually 500 meters. Not yards.

I mostly just want to ring steel on the metallic silhouette range out at CRC. Might take it out on an occasional coyote hunt with some guys from work. Maybe.

[TheBelly]

If the gun will shoot .5MOA, I don't see a reason to switch the barrels...

What if the barrel is a 1.5 MOA barrel? I would always wonder whether or not it's me or the gun.

I'd hate to spend a lot of time to find out what the gun likes, just to find out that the best it will do is 1.5MOA.



I'm with Hoser: Change it for a barrel of known quality and proven ability.