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I have a Remington 7400 .270 Win that I got for my 14th birthday. Over the last 18 years I have had to be content with 2.5 inch groups at best regardless of the load I shot from it. About two years ago it opened up to about 4-5 inches at 100 yards. New scope, new rings, and bases nothing. I had other rifles but this gun just feels like an old friend and hunting without it just didn't feel right.
A couple of months ago I got the gun out again and was looking it over and noticed a nick just inside the barrel in the rifling. I made a few calls and found a recommended gunsmith and took it to him. A week later I got my recrowned rifle back. In addition to the nicked rifling he advised that the factory crown was off by .0004. He also recommended I change to a one piece leupold base that I had actually already bought for $3 when the local Sprotsmans Warehouse was going out of business. He said this would stiffen the receiver and enhance accuracy.
I took it out that weekend with several different loads and with 140gr Hornady's the gun is shooting right at an inch and a quarter. It was like having a new rifle.
I hunted this weekend with my .270 and even though I didn't see anything I wanted to shoot, everything just felt right while I was in the stand.
A couple of months ago I got the gun out again and was looking it over and noticed a nick just inside the barrel in the rifling. I made a few calls and found a recommended gunsmith and took it to him. A week later I got my recrowned rifle back. In addition to the nicked rifling he advised that the factory crown was off by .0004. He also recommended I change to a one piece leupold base that I had actually already bought for $3 when the local Sprotsmans Warehouse was going out of business. He said this would stiffen the receiver and enhance accuracy.
I took it out that weekend with several different loads and with 140gr Hornady's the gun is shooting right at an inch and a quarter. It was like having a new rifle.
I hunted this weekend with my .270 and even though I didn't see anything I wanted to shoot, everything just felt right while I was in the stand.