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Read an article a short time ago about the "Other rifles"...pump and semi-autos and the fact that their accuracy can be very good. I've shot bolt rifles for years. Been reloading for better than 40 years. My bolt rifles shoot very accurately. Anyway was on the GB site the other night and found a nearly mint Remington 7400 in .270 Winchester. Placed a maximum bid of $300 figuring I would surely get outbid...(and yes I've read all the horror stories about the Remington 740, 742 etc)...Figured I'd roll the dice. Well I got the thing so now what?...Bought some Speer 130 grain flat base bullets and went about working up a load using IMR4350 and Winchester large rifle primers. My other .270 rifles generally like IMR 4350 and IMR4831. I used small base dies. I'm aware of all the back and forth over this issue. Been shooting ARs for a while and have seen several that wouldn't run without the aid of a small base die. I may or may not have actually needed this die in the 7400 but it just makes me feel better so that's what I did. Just got back from the range. Not the best trigger on the 7400 and very windy today. Three of my five loads produced five shot groups of 1" or less! Dang!!! Sure didn't expect that! 53.0, 54.0 and 55.0 grain loads all shot an inch or less. Now for the interesting stuff. When the barrel gets hot the point of impact moves two to three inches at 100 yards. It did not scatter the shots if I did my part...just started grouping under an inch in a different spot. Not really a problem for a hunting rifle as I'll just sight it in on a cold barrel. That said here's the question: Is there any fix for this? About a million years ago as a teenager I read just about everything I could get my hands on about guns and gunsmithing. I recall an add for an "accuracy block" for the Remington 740 that was touted as the end all fix all for accuracy problems with the Remington 740. I think this was made by the Williams Company but that has been better than 40 years ago. Does anyone remember this or know what technical issues it was suppose to fix?