All reasonable. But the "nut behind the butt" can often be discerned by the bug hole that one rifle shoots on the same day as another sprays them like a water pistol, from the same shooter, same conditions, same rest.Check all the fasteners, is your parallax set up well? Swap the scope for a known good scope.
Sometimes it's the nut behind the butt. Have someone else shoot it.
My previous picture showed that the barrel is a shooter.I prefer my barrels to shoot well, being pretty is low on the list.
Wish I could help all my shaw barrels have shot well. Same with the rifles I got from them. Start with the basics and double check everything.
This depends for me, some guns I shoot a ton and will burn a barrel in a year or maybe 2. Others that shoot less will last much longer. The ones that get change all the time I don't really care what they look like. The ones that will be around for a while I don't mind if they are pretty. That being said bluing isn't for me, I prefer stainless.My previous picture showed that the barrel is a shooter.
Why not have both?
I hate the thought that I paid for a "premium" barrel, then have to pay to ship it and get it reblued.
My friends Douglas barrel is a shooter also. But Douglas doesn't do their own bluing. You have to send a separate check for the person that does the bluing for them. Kind of a PITA.
And while the bluing was decent, it wasn't the quality of ER Shaw's bluing.
Good deal, mine is pretty, but won't shoot, both of my Shilens do.My previous picture showed that the barrel is a shooter.
Why not have both?
I hate the thought that I paid for a "premium" barrel, then have to pay to ship it and get it reblued.
My friends Douglas barrel is a shooter also. But Douglas doesn't do their own bluing. You have to send a separate check for the person that does the bluing for them. Kind of a PITA.
And while the bluing was decent, it wasn't the quality of ER Shaw's bluing.