rsj223 wrote:Found them on ebay but where can I get them for that price.
rsj223 wrote:I thought the one piece one's would get in the way when loading but I think thats wrong, I would now think the one piece has more beifits.
brett1868 wrote:That's one method I use for the hunting rifles but it's not accurate enough for the big guns. For them I use feeler gauges between the rail and scope to ensure perfect level as half a degree off vertical translates to a few feet off at ranges over 1000.
rsj223 wrote:Well fingers are crossed for this weekend as my arm has a fair bit more movement and need some testing on the new rifles, so started to clean the grease/oil and whatever is in there and found copper so they must have fired them to test but never cleaned them?
brett1868 wrote:Not unusual to find copper fouling, most rifles are proof fired in the factory with a few rounds prior to boxing. Would be too much work cleaning them so they're left dirty.
rsj223 wrote:My big stuff up was a sore arm and a body that had been resting for about the last 5 weeks had a hard time moving so did dumb things like adjusting the scope to the left instead of right, even the cleaning became almost impossible with my arm.
bigfellascott wrote:Yeah try the basics and see how it goes, shouldn't take too much to suss out if its the scope or not.
bigfellascott wrote:Yeah those screw tensions can make a diff alright, I don't over tighten mine much at all (boyds stocks) and they seem to shoot better that way.
Bark wrote:bigfellascott wrote:Yeah those screw tensions can make a diff alright, I don't over tighten mine much at all (boyds stocks) and they seem to shoot better that way.
Experience seems to vary a lot for the benefit (or lack thereof) of screw tensions.
A lot of guys just do 'finger tight' and have no problems, others have to use their torque screwdriver to get it perfect or they can see double the size groups when it's not right.
rsj223 wrote:So maybe I had them to tight for the Boyds now it looks like I got some more testing to do
Gwion wrote:Just crank the action screws evenly and she shoots straight.