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<blockquote data-quote="sable tireur" data-source="post: 1222947" data-attributes="member: 27307"><p>Rhunter2,</p><p></p><p>Are you shooting from a sturdy bench?</p><p></p><p>Are you using a bipod instead of a front and rear bag? If yes on using a bipod, are you pre-loading that bipod?</p><p></p><p>If you're using bags, is the front bag really hard?</p><p></p><p>In the current version of their website, MRC states that they are using pillars. In your pictures, which are too small for good detail by the way, it appears that you have a full bedding block instead of just pillars. Is this correct?</p><p></p><p>If yours is a full bedding block, I would send the entire rifle back to MRC with the targets to demonstrate the problem and suggest that the bedding and the barrel be revisited. This is predicated on the fact that you have not modified the rifle in any way except to shoot the groups. They need to fix the rifle not you.</p><p></p><p>The reality is that for $1337.00 complete, I suspicion that they are using an inferior carbon fiber shell (as opposed to a properly designed shell) just so they can claim the use of carbon fiber as an industry buzz word or sales tool, even though it does not provide the rigidity that we all expect from a proper carbon fiber stock. The stock is probably flexing inconsistently under recoil. See Tom Manners stocks if you doubt me. Look at the pictures of his truck parked on a stock.</p><p></p><p>Years ago when all this hubbub started with synthetic fibers in fiberglass stocks, I was in the "M" facility examining some of the new stocks which were being advertised as having been 'reinforced with Kevlar'. Kevlar was the then new buzz word with the advent of Kevlar vests. I asked where the reinforcement was placed and the response was 'a strip was run down each of the forearm in the mold'. This according to the legal staff was enough to be able to claim the addition of Kevlar as a reinforcement. The reality was that these strips provided nothing except the ability to use the verbiage in their description. Things have changed since then.</p><p></p><p>Please be sure to follow up with what you decide to do and how it all turns out.</p><p></p><p>Best of Luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sable tireur, post: 1222947, member: 27307"] Rhunter2, Are you shooting from a sturdy bench? Are you using a bipod instead of a front and rear bag? If yes on using a bipod, are you pre-loading that bipod? If you're using bags, is the front bag really hard? In the current version of their website, MRC states that they are using pillars. In your pictures, which are too small for good detail by the way, it appears that you have a full bedding block instead of just pillars. Is this correct? If yours is a full bedding block, I would send the entire rifle back to MRC with the targets to demonstrate the problem and suggest that the bedding and the barrel be revisited. This is predicated on the fact that you have not modified the rifle in any way except to shoot the groups. They need to fix the rifle not you. The reality is that for $1337.00 complete, I suspicion that they are using an inferior carbon fiber shell (as opposed to a properly designed shell) just so they can claim the use of carbon fiber as an industry buzz word or sales tool, even though it does not provide the rigidity that we all expect from a proper carbon fiber stock. The stock is probably flexing inconsistently under recoil. See Tom Manners stocks if you doubt me. Look at the pictures of his truck parked on a stock. Years ago when all this hubbub started with synthetic fibers in fiberglass stocks, I was in the "M" facility examining some of the new stocks which were being advertised as having been 'reinforced with Kevlar'. Kevlar was the then new buzz word with the advent of Kevlar vests. I asked where the reinforcement was placed and the response was 'a strip was run down each of the forearm in the mold'. This according to the legal staff was enough to be able to claim the addition of Kevlar as a reinforcement. The reality was that these strips provided nothing except the ability to use the verbiage in their description. Things have changed since then. Please be sure to follow up with what you decide to do and how it all turns out. Best of Luck! [/QUOTE]
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