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Might sound funny but my rifle needs about 5-10 shots to "refoul" between different ammo.I shot about 3-4 enblocs total- did not have sufficient daylight. Will spend more time on it next weekend and I then probably try more HXP before comparing with Creedmoor's
The top double looks possible? Hate doubles. Try carefully flattening the back side back into position and re check.@mac1911, thanks!
here are a couple of targets at 100 yard yesterday. Shoot 3 enblocs before the range getting too many people. We use a 30 cal measure to check(what is the official name of the device?) , I was told that there could be two doubles in first targets
thanks for the tips. I used to take down M1 often, and now I know. mac1911 also suggested a good cleaning and I will get some Sweete's 7.62.
Was going to Noah's on a Saturday when my schedule allowed. Could not find time on weekdays.
From my experience with him, you probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere that day if you did. I called him about a barrel change on my Garand and he said it would be weeks before it would be done and told me a bunch of nonsense about how he might have to modify the bolt and/or the op rod, etc and then the cost was just nuts ($150+ each gun). Same when I asked about simply twisting on a barrel to my 03 receiver that needed about 1/4" or so to go before it indexed so I knew it needed nothing more than elbow grease to tighten up. I took both to a smith in NH I used before and we did both guns in under 2 hours including checking headspace and it cost me I think $60 or so TOTAL, no modifications of anything needed and the Garand is a freakin tack driver now. I know he's got this mystical reputation but I'm not feeling it.
You have a guy that'll re-barrel a Garand for $30? I find that astonishing. Was he just wrenching on the barrel? Did he not have to headspace the bolt?
After doing a few new barrels myself with needing to finish ream them from a complete rife $150 is not iFrom my experience with him, you probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere that day if you did. I called him about a barrel change on my Garand and he said it would be weeks before it would be done and told me a bunch of nonsense about how he might have to modify the bolt and/or the op rod, etc and then the cost was just nuts ($150+ each gun). Same when I asked about simply twisting on a barrel to my 03 receiver that needed about 1/4" or so to go before it indexed so I knew it needed nothing more than elbow grease to tighten up. I took both to a smith in NH I used before and we did both guns in under 2 hours including checking headspace and it cost me I think $60 or so TOTAL, no modifications of anything needed and the Garand is a freakin tack driver now. I know he's got this mystical reputation but I'm not feeling it.
All good info.Your rifle is not a crusty old milsurp, and the foundation of all accuracy is consistency and repeatability, so you may want to hold off on aggressive cleaning for a little while yet. Your rifle is consistently putting 5 shots (of 8) into about 2 MOA. That's PFG, amigo. There is some serious mechanical repeatability going on there. I understand that you want to lose the flyers--and that can happen, and after you have worked out all the kinks hindering mechanical repeatability, better ammo will be one of the linchpins to making that happen.
Question: What is the headstamp on your HXP? Is it a mixed lot, or all the same year? Also--does your spotter (if you have one) record/sketch the sequence of your shots? Is there any sequential commonality to when the flyers occur? Having a spotter document your rifles (non-called) flyers definitely helps in the diagnosis. Sometimes shooting over a chrono instantly unmasks the problem--as the flyers all have velocities above or below the rifles's sweet spot. If you want to explore the notion, I have a chrono you could borrow, or you could pop by Harvard and we'll make a range-session happen.
Anyhow--good stuff. Thanks for the update.
Depends what they mean by modify the bolt. He could simply be lapping the bolt and checking the op rod specs and repairing as needed.$150 isn't terrible. But the GS modifying the bolt and op rod to complete the job? Run away.
If I was running a business to support my family gun smithing $30 an hour would most likely not cut it.
Nice to have someone you know and trustThis one's business is run out of his home and since he had nothing else going on and no other customers while I was there, I'd say $30/hr is better than $0/hr! And he's in rural NH so the cost of living is a lot less than here in suburban Boston.