crown on new gun

[billy]

Will cutiing a new crown help a gun shoot tighter groups even if it is a new gun?

[bigdaddytacp]

Will cutiing a new crown help a gun shoot tighter groups even if it is a new gun?

...........Not always unless the new gun has a burred ,deformed-crooked crown from the factory.....then the new crown will often help......but you still have a factory chamber and rifling......but they can be checked before the crown work.....hth..good luck and good shooting!!

[gunnut69]

When accurizing a factory rifle a re-crown is one of the things I normally do.  I have seen a real deterioration in the QC done on factory weapons these last few years even to the point of a friend who bought a 22-250 Remington that had NO crown.  They had simply lathed off the end of the barrel(it also lacked an ejector spring).  So I would always look first but the crown is very important and if it's not right the rifle simply won't shoot.  Also I've seen more of this type problem than bad barrels.  I have seen a few bad chambers but most will shoot better thab the shooter can hold.

[KN]

Most of the barrels I have ever had that would not shoot well new was caused by a bad crown. That is the first thing I do to a rifle if its not shooting well.  KN