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Offline Mad Dog

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Forend wood/barrel pressure
« on: June 04, 2006, 05:10:04 AM »
Gents,  been a while since I have posted here.  Need your help.  Bought my son an H&R Ultra hunter[.30-06], for our upcoming bear hunt this fall, in Idaho.  I am doing the cleaning/tinkering, initial setup for him, because he is on the road, with work.  I haven't shot the gun yet, but I have cleaned/scrubbed the bore, checked all screws in  scope base.  Action seems real tight, and triggerpull is a crisp 3 1/4 lbs.  Without doing the O ring thing, when the forend lug screw is snug, I can slide a dollar bill between the forend and barrel on both sides of the forend lug, EXCEPT for about 1/2" from the end, where it sticks, and there iswood/barrel contact.  My question is should I:

1.  Just shoot it and see what happens

2.  Sand the spot until the dollar bill slides thru completely-then shoot it

3.  Put an O ring on lug-then shoot it

4.  Put a business card or thin piece of rubber there, to apply upward pressure at that point to the barrel-then shoot it

Thanks for the help

Mad Dog
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Offline stimpylu32

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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2006, 05:26:21 AM »
Mad Dog

At this point shoot it first , some handis don't need any help out of the box , and then if you think it needs some help go to the o-ring before you start sanding .

the o-ring can always be taken out if it gets worse , its a lot harder to put wood back in than to take it out .

good luck
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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2006, 05:28:08 AM »
Welcome back!! :D  All of the above, but one thing at a time and shoot it before trying something new. Check out the FAQ and Help sticky, there's lots of info there that's been added in the last year or 2. :wink:

Tim
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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2006, 08:48:56 AM »
I third that notion-go out and shoot it before you tinker. Make sure you clean the barrel real good, pick out a box of Federal Fusions, rest the rifle under the receiver, shoot a good 3-4 fouling shots and then take you marry time and shoot a group. Those first foulers out of my clean barrels are WAY out there. I pay no attention to them (from shooting a group manner I mean), as it can be a real discouragement.
Polishing the bore is a good way to speed the new barrel break in period too.
The 30-06's are also a good caliber choice, and have a good rep with almost all that have them here.
Enjoy
-Aaron
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