Author Topic: does barrel lock-up really matter??? (Read 872 times)

mitchell · « **on:** January 04, 2006, 08:06:58 AM »

well in short yes, but check this out.

i have a 243 that is a heck of a shooter.

that i bought from mac and i hand fit it to my frame. well stupid me , i use some cheap epoxy to fit the shim to the barrel . well i went out shooting it just the other day and without me knowing the shim had came loose. the barrel (i found out after shooting) would now move while shut from side to side. accuracy went from that nice group, to over a inch and a half pushing two inches. well i put the shim back on (used jb weld this time) and today i shot a group in the .3's and busted every clay at 250 yards and only missed a few at 300, me not the gun.

so heres more proof, the tighter that barrel fits the better it will shoot.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #1 on:** January 04, 2006, 08:20:02 AM »

:agree: :agree: :agree: :toast:

coop2564 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 04, 2006, 10:01:14 AM »

Yep, that proof in the pudding!

czbuff · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2006, 02:47:33 PM »

:? hey mich is ther eny way you can post a pic of the shime and the location of were to pu it . just trying to understand . what yall are talking about my 243 has got play from side to side . and mybee thats why mine well shoot .5 one time and 2" the other

mitchell · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2006, 03:01:32 PM »

sorry cz but my D-camera is dead , i don't know how to discribe it but i put the shim all the way across the bottem thingy where the cut that looks like a "C" is. a little help anybody???

czbuff · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2006, 03:20:34 PM »

thanks mitch for the reply but i think i know what your saying . mybe someone else can post a pic . thanks

mitchell · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2006, 04:29:01 PM »

yeah that spot!!

i hope that helps ya cz

czbuff · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2006, 04:33:11 PM »

well i think i can do that . but its a brand new rifle so its going back to factory

czbuff · « **Reply #8 on:** January 09, 2006, 05:16:45 PM »

shooting loose i agree. bacuse it was tight wen i got it. that was the fist thing i thicked

bladerunner · « **Reply #9 on:** January 09, 2006, 05:18:40 PM »

how many rounds have you put through it?

czbuff · « **Reply #10 on:** January 09, 2006, 11:27:03 PM »

czbuff · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2006, 11:17:42 AM »

one other thing i noticed was the bluing been rub off the front of reciver. were the forarm pivots up and down. i dont have that problem with my tdc