ole farmerbuck
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I wonder if Boyds will be making stocks for the heavy barrel soon. I'm gonna have my dealer get a barrel if she can.
The Boyds stock got here today. I did take a bit of work to get it right but not as much as my mosin nagantI wonder if Boyds will be making stocks for the heavy barrel soon. I'm gonna have my dealer get a barrel if she can.
Couple things I noticed. Due to the thin barrel, it flexes quite a bit even by hand. However it is not srictly due to the barrel weight itself. Ive seen pencil barrel tikkas in 30 cal centerfires with barrels almost as thin and they had nowhere near the flex this one has. I think due to the diameter of the reciever and subsequently the barrel shank, it allows for a bit of flex. Also I noticed there isnt a whole lot of threads available with the tapered barrel breech and the short action. All this contributes to a very weak flexible barrel reciever junction. Its probably half the threads of a standard savage action and considerably smaller in diameter. I put the factory stock back on and the groups settled back down. I notoced it does grip the barrel for the first inch and puts a bit of pressure on the underside by the reciever. I will definately bed at least the first 3 inches or so of the barrel to stiffen this joint up. I did the same with my 91/30 mosin nagant and it shoots under 1/2 moa if I do my part.Darn, guess I'll have to make a new one. Not today though, 40mph+ wind. Again!
Just did the first coat of glass bedding. I bedded the barrel all the way from the mag well to where the barrel begins its straight taper to the muzzle. The rest will be free floated. Unfortunately, due to the arrangement of the trigger mechanism bedding the rear of the reciever, would be next to impossible. Even if I removed the trigger group and bedded the rear of the reciever, i'd have to hack it all out again after to put the trigger group back in. Since the front pillar and magazine latch acts as the recoil lug, I made extra sure that got bedded with no voids. I think that the lack of a true recoil lug and only relying on the bedding pillar for securing to the stock is very weak and is one of the reasons bedding is going to be critical for consistant accuracy. Due to the bedding flowing into the groves cut in the barrel near the reciever will stiffen the area quite a bit. It should calm barrel harmonics down significantly. Hope to get out and shoot it sometime in the couple days.Well the little rimfire will take care of p-dogs! It's not a .223 by any means but it does kill them quick without a mess. To tell the truth, it did better than I thought it would.
I have one too but have never been happy with the groups from it.Think I will wait for all the bugs to get out before I buy one. I have the 17hmr in a Savage and love it.