How much did I lower the value on this rifle?

So I have a Browning BAR 30-06 and I decided to bubba it and now regret it.
Anyway, I finally got tired of having the forearm rubbing against the barrel on one side and rubbing the bluing off. I'm not sure if the barrel isn't square in the receiver or if the forearm wasn't cut straight or what. Anyway, I decided to sand the forearm down until it fit without touching. I did and now I have a lot more wood on one side than the other. If you look at it you can tell clearly. I could sand the other side but then it would leave a lot larger gap on one side.

Anyway, here are pictures of how it looks now.





You can see how on the right side if you are looking at those pictures it has more wood. So how much did I lower the value of the gun by bubbaing it like this?

If I run across a decent price on a used one I will probably pick it up. However, I'm not going to pay $200 for a forearm that is on a hunting rifle that gets all scratched up anyway. I just wondered realistically how much did I hurt the value of this. Should I have left it rubbing the barrel? I don't know if my barrel isn't true to the receiver or if this was cut off center or why it is rubbing on one side. You can see how I had to take soo much off that one side that it threw the look off.

I'm that guy that would mention it. I'm so particular about stuff myself and I hate when I buy something and people don't mention stuff like that to me. Therefore I always want the buyer happy and would have to mention it. I know it's bad for the sale of stuff but every time I sell something I usually point out all the flaws to the buyer. I've had a few sellers do this when I've bought something from them and I really appreciate it.

What do you mean seal the bbl channel? Or do you mean finish the inside of the forearm? As far shooting it shoots pretty decent. I'd say 1.5" groups. It seemed like I got a group or two that was 1" or so then I got some bigger ones. I think the ones that are bigger are me pulling though. I had the scope hit me in the head and for some reason I have trouble not pulling when I shoot now. It seems like if I try to hold it tight to my shoulder it makes me pull it. If I hold it loosely I get great groups but every once in a while it will come back and hit me in the head.

I don't know if I'm just getting to be a better shot or if that helped the accuracy a little. It shoots well enough for me to hunt with but it's not a sub moa gun either.

So would this be considered having bubbaed the rifle? You hear so many people saying they have gotten guns that have been bubbaed.

Ok, I relieved to hear that I didn't make the rifle totally unwanted.

Also try holding down more then pulling into you. You will tighten your groups & won't get kicked in the head as much. If that is a high mounted scope instead of flush mounted it is more likely to hit you.

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That's what I going to have to do. I think part of the reason it doesn't shoot super tight groups is because of me. Like I said if I try to pull back to hold it tight to my shoulder I seem to pull it when I pull the trigger. I think it's because I'm pulling backwards with my support hand. If I just kind of relax and don't hold it tight I can shoot decent groups with it but when I shoot it comes way back and once or twice has hit me in the forehead with the scope. This isn't the case with lower recoil rifles so I seem to do fine with them.

I have low scope rings on it but I think if I ever change them I'm going to get medium or high rings. I know I will probably get bashed for that as I always read to have the scope as close to the barrel as you can. However, it just feels kind of akward for me on here as it feels like I have to be hunched over when shooting to see through it. I've been shooting off a table with sandbags and sitting in a chair. So I'm sure the chair is part of the problem but it doesn't seem like I have to hunch over as much for ones with the high rings.