GJgo
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So years ago I bought a Weatherby Vanguard sub-moa in 300 WSM. Overall I like the rifle a lot, it's killed lots of deer & elk with me.
I shot it as-is for a couple years, and it shot great. 3 shot groups around .5-.6" with handloaded TSX off a bench. Well I like to tinker, and one day I decided to sand out the factory pressure point in the fore end of the barrel channel to free-float it. Ever since then with the same loads it's been a 1" gun. A couple years ago I decided to glass bed the action. Still a 1" gun. Last year I decided to full length glass bed the stock & it's still a 1" gun. So, I think I'm going to re-add the pressure point which was IIRC about 3" from the end of the stock.
So here's the question. The original pressure point was obviously a hard point, which I could do with epoxy. Alternatively however I've considered making the pressure point out of a rubber grommet to give it some damping. Has anyone ever tried this or have an opinion on the matter?
I shot it as-is for a couple years, and it shot great. 3 shot groups around .5-.6" with handloaded TSX off a bench. Well I like to tinker, and one day I decided to sand out the factory pressure point in the fore end of the barrel channel to free-float it. Ever since then with the same loads it's been a 1" gun. A couple years ago I decided to glass bed the action. Still a 1" gun. Last year I decided to full length glass bed the stock & it's still a 1" gun. So, I think I'm going to re-add the pressure point which was IIRC about 3" from the end of the stock.
So here's the question. The original pressure point was obviously a hard point, which I could do with epoxy. Alternatively however I've considered making the pressure point out of a rubber grommet to give it some damping. Has anyone ever tried this or have an opinion on the matter?