JUST GETTING STARTED PLEASE HELP !!

[JEFF WARD2]

HELLO I NEED HELP ANSWERING A COUPLE QUESTIONS..
I AM  JUST GETTING STARTED WITH THE ENCORE,S AND HAVE READ A COUPLE THINGS I DONT KNOW
#1 HOW DO YOU PROPERLY BREAK IN A NEW BARREL ?
 I HAVE A NEW 7 MAG HEAVY AND HAVE SHOT ABOUT 2 BOXES THREW IT , I HAVE CLEANED AND OILED IT AFTER EACH  RANGE SESSION ..

#2 MY GROUPS ARE NOT THAT GREAT ABOUT 4 INCHES AT 100 YARDS, USING A GOOD STEADY REST, MY SCOPE AND MOUNTS ARE GOOD AND SOLID..
IVE HEARD ABOUT PUTTING RUBBER WASHERS ON MY FOREARM SCREWS TO HELP WITH THIS , CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW THIS WORKS AND WHERE TO PUT THE WASHERS , IN THE FOREARM OR ON THE BARREL !!

THANKS IN ADVANCE .. ANY AND ALL ADVICE WOULD SURLEY BE APPRECIATED !!!!

[Redhawk1]

HELLO I NEED HELP ANSWERING A COUPLE QUESTIONS..
I AM  JUST GETTING STARTED WITH THE ENCORE,S AND HAVE READ A COUPLE THINGS I DONT KNOW
#1 HOW DO YOU PROPERLY BREAK IN A NEW BARREL ?
 I HAVE A NEW 7 MAG HEAVY AND HAVE SHOT ABOUT 2 BOXES THREW IT , I HAVE CLEANED AND OILED IT AFTER EACH  RANGE SESSION ..

#2 MY GROUPS ARE NOT THAT GREAT ABOUT 4 INCHES AT 100 YARDS, USING A GOOD STEADY REST, MY SCOPE AND MOUNTS ARE GOOD AND SOLID..
IVE HEARD ABOUT PUTTING RUBBER WASHERS ON MY FOREARM SCREWS TO HELP WITH THIS , CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW THIS WORKS AND WHERE TO PUT THE WASHERS , IN THE FOREARM OR ON THE BARREL !!

THANKS IN ADVANCE .. ANY AND ALL ADVICE WOULD SURLEY BE APPRECIATED !!!!

Break in is different for everyone, I just shoot my guns and clean them after each secession. You might want to try several different kinds ammo and see which one shoots the best in your gun. I reload for my guns and taylor rounds for each barrel.

As far as the rubber washers, I install the washers where the forearm is screwed into the barrel.

[JEFF WARD2]

thanks redhawk1, i guess ive been doing the break in right, but ive read so much about break in that it got me thinking if there was anything else i might need to do..
i will try the washers and see what happens.., i have tried several diff. shells, all pretty much the same ..
ive also read that shooting 150 grain is better in the encore rifle barrels is this better than the heavier leads, is this true ? iknow each gun is different but im just a poor ole farm boy and like to hear from others that are more experinced than i am before spending my $s...

i know these questions may sound a little dumb ,  but i have been a bow hunter for 30 years and i am just know getting into the gun thing !!

and need to learn all i can !!!

thanks jeff..
p.s. any more advice would be appreciated !!!

[poncaguy]

My 7mm-08 wasn't accurate at  first, but I thot I would give it another try this year................to my surprise, it's getting very close to MOA now. Just need to shoot a lot of rounds through some barrels to get them to come around.

[contender hunter]

the washers help float the forearm away from the bbl ,, if the forearm touches the bbl it can do crazy things to your group !!

[JEFF WARD2]

THANKS ALOT FOR THE INFO !!!!
I WILL PUT THE WASHERS IN AND KEEP ON SHOOTING !!!
I REALY HOPE THIS GUN COMES AROUND, I  SHOULDERD ALOT OF GUNS BEFORE I BOUGHT THIS ONE AND IT FITS ME BETTER THAN ANY OTHER GUN  I HAVE HELD...

THANKS AGAIN !!!
ANY MORE SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED !!!!!!

PS. I PUT THE TURKEY BARREL ON LAST SPRING AND IT WAS GREAT 3 SHOTS 3 GOBBLERS.. AND I JUST GOT THE 209X50 M/LOADER HAVENT HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY WITH IT YET..

I KNOW THIS GUN HAS ALOT OF POTENTUL... I JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET THE BEST OUT OF IT.....

THANKS AGAIN GUY'S !!!