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What is the most hated deer rifle you owned ?
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<blockquote data-quote="ofbandg" data-source="post: 3038482" data-attributes="member: 91402"><p>One of the first rifles I ever built began with a P14 Enfield action which I put endless hours of work into making it a more modern configuration. I was proud of the finished product but Enfield barrels were hard to come by. It took me months to find one and when I did it was in .270 Win. It was used but it looked almost new. I had built the action for a magnum caliber so I took the barrel to a gunsmith who was known to be good with older actions and barrels and asked him to check it out. I said if it meets his standard rechamber it to .270 Weatherby. He called me a few days later and said it was done. I spend a small fortune trying to get that rifle to shoot but it wouldn't do better than 3 MOA - and often much worse. I changed every component in my loading mix a dozen times, swapped scopes a few times, reworked the bedding, re-adjusted the trigger, changed the torque on the stock screw, and lost hours of sleep trying to figure it out. Finally I took it to another gunsmith and told him I was at wits end trying to solve this problem. He slugged the barrel and told me the bore was 2 thou over sized.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ofbandg, post: 3038482, member: 91402"] One of the first rifles I ever built began with a P14 Enfield action which I put endless hours of work into making it a more modern configuration. I was proud of the finished product but Enfield barrels were hard to come by. It took me months to find one and when I did it was in .270 Win. It was used but it looked almost new. I had built the action for a magnum caliber so I took the barrel to a gunsmith who was known to be good with older actions and barrels and asked him to check it out. I said if it meets his standard rechamber it to .270 Weatherby. He called me a few days later and said it was done. I spend a small fortune trying to get that rifle to shoot but it wouldn't do better than 3 MOA - and often much worse. I changed every component in my loading mix a dozen times, swapped scopes a few times, reworked the bedding, re-adjusted the trigger, changed the torque on the stock screw, and lost hours of sleep trying to figure it out. Finally I took it to another gunsmith and told him I was at wits end trying to solve this problem. He slugged the barrel and told me the bore was 2 thou over sized. [/QUOTE]
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