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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 1985585" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>So then let us visit about what it is that we expect from our rifles and how we go about getting there with them . I used to think that I wanted all of my rifles to shoot at least a half MOA at 100 yards . I have put together a couple that have shot bug holes at 100 yards with 5 rounds . Now I want one that has a first cold bore shot that is dead on at 100 yards and will group well at 300 yards and any where between 50 yards and 300 yards . I sight in at 100 yards so as to not shoot over at 100 yards and less as for calling I have had shots that all I could see was a blur of fur at a few feet . It depends on what I'm going out to do as to what caliber I want if I'm going out to kill beaver that are being a problem then I will take a 22lr , 17hmr or some other rim fire with open sites that have glow in the dark paint on them , as I'm going to be set up close to the creek in the brush and low light conditions . If I'm going out for fox , coyote or other predators I will run any thing from a 223 to a 30-06 with a good scope mounted well and stable on it . I like most every one else will do some things to my factory rifles to get the most out of them . When I go to buy a new rifle I like to be able to look at it feel it in my hands and shoulder it . So what I do first is decide what I'm looking for in chambering before I even leave the house . When I get to the store I will look to see if they have the make and model I have in mind , if they do I ask to look at it . I will open the bolt and pull it out of the action hold it up with a light in the back ground and look down the bore , then look at the locking lugs to see how well they are machined and the action channel . Then I will shoulder it to see how well it fits me and the balance of it . If I like what I see and feel then it's probably going home with me . If it does go home with me when I get it home I take it out of the box and read the owners manual , I know it's strange to do this but I still do .I then pull the bolt out . I will check to see how the barrel and action fit the stock is it free floating have any rubs or a pillar at the front of the stock for the barrel to come to rest on and supposedly return to the same place after every shot . I will then check out what the recommended torque specs are for the action screws then remove them and take it out of the stock . Today we have a lot of synthetic stocks that they clam to have good bedding systems in , I don't trust them to really be all that they are said to be , that's just me . I want the whole action to be bedded as well as the recoil lug and close to 2 " of the barrel in front of the action so that's what I do along with pillar bedding for the action screws . That's taken up a couple of days by now but I want the bedding compound to cure before I do any thing else . Next I want to mount my scope mounting system . I like a one piece base that is adjustable I put it on the action with the screws loose then press down on it front then at the back so I can see where it is high . Most of them don't really fit the action very well and it seems that the back end is usually free floating when you push down on the front . So now I get ready to bed the mount . I want the bedding compound to adhere to the mount not the action so I put release agent on the action and clean the base with isopropyl alcohol . The screws have release agent also , I put a small amount of bedding compound on the base stick some round tooth picks in a couple of the screw holes and slide it on the action . I torque the screws on the end that fit good and just start the screws on the end that didn't so it's lined up right and the screw holes aren't filled with compound . Then check that your screws aren't so long as to protrude into the action . If they do I will then take them out after the bedding has set file them down or get shorter ones . Now I've got at least 2 days and may 4 in it but I can feel good about what I have to start with . If you have a base that has a dovetail front scope ring hole you will have cleaned that out when the bedding compound wasn't set yet , you can then mount your scope rings and get them lined up to each other and the bore of the rifle . Now I'm ready to mount my scope . I like the Burris Signature zee rings they don't mark the scope tube you can use them to help line the scope to the bore if you need to or you can give yourself up to 20MOA on your scope with them . I set my rifle up and level it off of the race ways of the action some people use the mounting base to level off of . I put my scope in the bottom rings . I hang some blank paper on my wall then take a 2 foot level and make a level mark on the paper so that I can se it through the scope . Then loosely put the top ring halves on adjust the scope true to the level mark and torque the screws watching that it stays true to the line . Then I clean my new rifle set up and get ready to sight it in . That's how I do my rifles . How do you all do yours ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 1985585, member: 91783"] So then let us visit about what it is that we expect from our rifles and how we go about getting there with them . I used to think that I wanted all of my rifles to shoot at least a half MOA at 100 yards . I have put together a couple that have shot bug holes at 100 yards with 5 rounds . Now I want one that has a first cold bore shot that is dead on at 100 yards and will group well at 300 yards and any where between 50 yards and 300 yards . I sight in at 100 yards so as to not shoot over at 100 yards and less as for calling I have had shots that all I could see was a blur of fur at a few feet . It depends on what I'm going out to do as to what caliber I want if I'm going out to kill beaver that are being a problem then I will take a 22lr , 17hmr or some other rim fire with open sites that have glow in the dark paint on them , as I'm going to be set up close to the creek in the brush and low light conditions . If I'm going out for fox , coyote or other predators I will run any thing from a 223 to a 30-06 with a good scope mounted well and stable on it . I like most every one else will do some things to my factory rifles to get the most out of them . When I go to buy a new rifle I like to be able to look at it feel it in my hands and shoulder it . So what I do first is decide what I'm looking for in chambering before I even leave the house . When I get to the store I will look to see if they have the make and model I have in mind , if they do I ask to look at it . I will open the bolt and pull it out of the action hold it up with a light in the back ground and look down the bore , then look at the locking lugs to see how well they are machined and the action channel . Then I will shoulder it to see how well it fits me and the balance of it . If I like what I see and feel then it's probably going home with me . If it does go home with me when I get it home I take it out of the box and read the owners manual , I know it's strange to do this but I still do .I then pull the bolt out . I will check to see how the barrel and action fit the stock is it free floating have any rubs or a pillar at the front of the stock for the barrel to come to rest on and supposedly return to the same place after every shot . I will then check out what the recommended torque specs are for the action screws then remove them and take it out of the stock . Today we have a lot of synthetic stocks that they clam to have good bedding systems in , I don't trust them to really be all that they are said to be , that's just me . I want the whole action to be bedded as well as the recoil lug and close to 2 " of the barrel in front of the action so that's what I do along with pillar bedding for the action screws . That's taken up a couple of days by now but I want the bedding compound to cure before I do any thing else . Next I want to mount my scope mounting system . I like a one piece base that is adjustable I put it on the action with the screws loose then press down on it front then at the back so I can see where it is high . Most of them don't really fit the action very well and it seems that the back end is usually free floating when you push down on the front . So now I get ready to bed the mount . I want the bedding compound to adhere to the mount not the action so I put release agent on the action and clean the base with isopropyl alcohol . The screws have release agent also , I put a small amount of bedding compound on the base stick some round tooth picks in a couple of the screw holes and slide it on the action . I torque the screws on the end that fit good and just start the screws on the end that didn't so it's lined up right and the screw holes aren't filled with compound . Then check that your screws aren't so long as to protrude into the action . If they do I will then take them out after the bedding has set file them down or get shorter ones . Now I've got at least 2 days and may 4 in it but I can feel good about what I have to start with . If you have a base that has a dovetail front scope ring hole you will have cleaned that out when the bedding compound wasn't set yet , you can then mount your scope rings and get them lined up to each other and the bore of the rifle . Now I'm ready to mount my scope . I like the Burris Signature zee rings they don't mark the scope tube you can use them to help line the scope to the bore if you need to or you can give yourself up to 20MOA on your scope with them . I set my rifle up and level it off of the race ways of the action some people use the mounting base to level off of . I put my scope in the bottom rings . I hang some blank paper on my wall then take a 2 foot level and make a level mark on the paper so that I can se it through the scope . Then loosely put the top ring halves on adjust the scope true to the level mark and torque the screws watching that it stays true to the line . Then I clean my new rifle set up and get ready to sight it in . That's how I do my rifles . How do you all do yours ? [/QUOTE]
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