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remington 700 problem. help
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 797860" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>I know that I can come across as harsh or prying, but to solve a problem one needs the facts... Glad to hear that you did not damage the receiver threads. Actions are made out of some pretty tough steel, it is not much fun drilling and tapping into that stuff...</p><p></p><p>Yes, doing a bore sighting ANY time you do anything to any part of the optical system is the surest and fastest way to get things sorted out and a lot cheaper than sending ammo downrange and then wondering where it hit. If you had seen me trying to sight in my muzzle loader when I got it, shooting 350gr lead bullets backed by 120gr of 777 powder, you would have really laughed. The problem was that the barrel fouled so bad with lead and powder residue, that when I did have it sighted in (first shot from a clean barrel), by the 5th shot I was not even on the paper.... And of course that load kicked like a mule and the powerbelt bullets were over $1 each, not counting the black powder and primers...</p><p></p><p>Later I switched to shooting 245gr jacketed bullets with a plastic "aero" tip with 110gr of Blackhorn 209, and my shoulder was no longer black and blue, the MV was much higher, the trajectory flatter, I could shoot 7 or 7 shots without cleaning (although accuracy still falls off) so live and learn...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 797860, member: 35183"] I know that I can come across as harsh or prying, but to solve a problem one needs the facts... Glad to hear that you did not damage the receiver threads. Actions are made out of some pretty tough steel, it is not much fun drilling and tapping into that stuff... Yes, doing a bore sighting ANY time you do anything to any part of the optical system is the surest and fastest way to get things sorted out and a lot cheaper than sending ammo downrange and then wondering where it hit. If you had seen me trying to sight in my muzzle loader when I got it, shooting 350gr lead bullets backed by 120gr of 777 powder, you would have really laughed. The problem was that the barrel fouled so bad with lead and powder residue, that when I did have it sighted in (first shot from a clean barrel), by the 5th shot I was not even on the paper.... And of course that load kicked like a mule and the powerbelt bullets were over $1 each, not counting the black powder and primers... Later I switched to shooting 245gr jacketed bullets with a plastic "aero" tip with 110gr of Blackhorn 209, and my shoulder was no longer black and blue, the MV was much higher, the trajectory flatter, I could shoot 7 or 7 shots without cleaning (although accuracy still falls off) so live and learn... [/QUOTE]
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