Hello folks, I'm trying to get my No. 1 to shoot more consistently and have read a few things here and elsewhere. My rifle is chambered in .25-06, it has a 26" Douglas barrel with a 1x10 twist. It's been fitted with aftermarket walnut that's pretty nice.
The forearm is fitted rather tightly, seems to me, when I first took it off to clean inside it was a bit of an effort to re-install. I had to stand the rifle on the butt end and push down hard to get the forearm screw to engage the threads in the take down nut.
I read on here about the forearm fit being an issue. I also saw something on varmithuntinginternational.com about installing a shim between the barrel and forearm hanger. I removed the forearm to look, and now I see there's a machine screw that's mounted at the forward end of the hanger. The forward end of it contacts the barrel, or I should say contacts a piece fitted to the underside of the barrel. It runs at an angle back from that contact point into the forward end of the forearm hanger. I can't see the end, it's hidden by the front end of the metal piece holding the forward end of that spring. I'm pretty far removed from being a gun mechanic, but it looks to me as tho this screw would be adjusted to regulate tension between the hanger and barrel.
The rifle seems to shoot more consistently in cooler weather. This being southern coastal South Carolina, that's not a common weather pattern these days. The last time out I did try shooting with the front rest way back under the receiver end of the forearm. That seemed to help a bit. Next time out I'll try with the forearm removed, that seems to be an oft repeated piece of advice.
Best performance so far has been with 100 gr Sierras, over 52 gr of 4831, and 100 gr Nosler BT's, over the same charge. It's just been very inconsistent, which has been disappointing. I've tried 7828 with some ok results, but again, it's inconsistent.
I googled Hicks accurizer, this rig doesn't look like that to me, but again, I'm green as fresh grass on this sort of thing.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. I've always wanted one of these rifles, I like this one, I'm hoping I can get it to shoot as good as it looks.
Thanks,
Steve
The forearm is fitted rather tightly, seems to me, when I first took it off to clean inside it was a bit of an effort to re-install. I had to stand the rifle on the butt end and push down hard to get the forearm screw to engage the threads in the take down nut.
I read on here about the forearm fit being an issue. I also saw something on varmithuntinginternational.com about installing a shim between the barrel and forearm hanger. I removed the forearm to look, and now I see there's a machine screw that's mounted at the forward end of the hanger. The forward end of it contacts the barrel, or I should say contacts a piece fitted to the underside of the barrel. It runs at an angle back from that contact point into the forward end of the forearm hanger. I can't see the end, it's hidden by the front end of the metal piece holding the forward end of that spring. I'm pretty far removed from being a gun mechanic, but it looks to me as tho this screw would be adjusted to regulate tension between the hanger and barrel.
The rifle seems to shoot more consistently in cooler weather. This being southern coastal South Carolina, that's not a common weather pattern these days. The last time out I did try shooting with the front rest way back under the receiver end of the forearm. That seemed to help a bit. Next time out I'll try with the forearm removed, that seems to be an oft repeated piece of advice.
Best performance so far has been with 100 gr Sierras, over 52 gr of 4831, and 100 gr Nosler BT's, over the same charge. It's just been very inconsistent, which has been disappointing. I've tried 7828 with some ok results, but again, it's inconsistent.
I googled Hicks accurizer, this rig doesn't look like that to me, but again, I'm green as fresh grass on this sort of thing.
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated. I've always wanted one of these rifles, I like this one, I'm hoping I can get it to shoot as good as it looks.
Thanks,
Steve