Rifle you aren't quite happy with

[Dougfirtree]

I’ve been having trouble out of my Rem 700 30-06 ADL. It’s a gun I’ve owned for thirty years and just can’t part with it. I’ve ordered a magpul stock, magazine and trigger guard. I’ve replaced the factory trigger with a Timney Trigger. I’m hoping to get at least a one inch group 400 yards.

A 1" group at 400 yards!? I think you're going to be disappointed. Get it shooting 1" at 100 yards and you'll have all the hunting rifle you need and then some. I had one of those for a while. They're not fancy, but good rifles.

 

[steveshuntn1]

A 1" group at 400 yards!? I think you're going to be disappointed. Get it shooting 1" at 100 yards and you'll have all the hunting rifle you need and then some. I had one of those for a while. They're not fancy, but good rifles.

I meant 100! I have my glasses on now! It was shooting 3” groups at 100 before with the wood stock!

 

[misser]

had some encore barrels that were not what they should of been . one was a 708 it was sent back to TC i then traded it NIB for a 7mag ,then someone wanted to trade that for a 300 mag that barrel had a head space problem .that went back to TC it was replaced with a good one . my first 209-50 had a bad EZ -load crown which i then had cut off .someone wanted it so i sold it .then got a different one .it will lap holes out to 2 hundred yds

 

[Ben Lamb]

If you have brass for that 32-40 I'm in the market and willing to pay more than its worth.

Lemme check & see what I got.

 

[Boarmaster]

Every rifle I own I got something I wish was different. Shorter barrel,different chambering, thinner stock or a pound lighter. Maybe I wish it had a metal coating or a Mc Millan edge stock. That said I have a few that I really like despite the minor things I might like different. The more I use a rifle the more fond I tend to get of it and the less I focus on the minor things that would make it that perfect rifle for me.

 

[SC Living Outdoors]

If I don't like/use a gun I sell it. That's just me. I realize I'm probably in the minority in this way of thinking and because of that I don't have a lot of guns, but I do have some good ones. I will build/tinker/work on a gun to make it exactly how I want it, but I usually have that plan in mind before purchasing the gun. If I can't get it exactly like I want it it's going down the road.

 

[tom338]

Browning X bolt 7mm mag. Did everything to that rifle to make it shoot. It was a spray gun. Down the road. And Savage rifles. Everyone brags on accuracy, I own several and now all have a non savage barrel on them. THAT is the only reason I will ever buy another one, I now have the tools and ability to change my own barrels. A ruger American in 22-250-----it may not be able to stay with me because of accuracy issues---maybe ill throw a new barrel on it. And YES, I am very demanding on the accuracy of my rifles

 

[Jm84]

Take your hunting rifle, go to the bench fire 1 round. Go home, come back the next day. Fire one round, go home. Come back the third day, fire one round. That's your group. Only the first shot matters. Only a cold bore shot matters. Better yet if you don't fire from a bench, prone or leaning against a tree. Works best if you can do that from home but I know that isn't possible for everyone. With pencil barrels give it a long time in between shots.

 

[MTTW]

Take your hunting rifle, go to the bench fire 1 round. Go home, come back the next day. Fire one round, go home. Come back the third day, fire one round. That's your group. Only the first shot matters. Only a cold bore shot matters. Better yet if you don't fire from a bench, prone or leaning against a tree. Works best if you can do that from home but I know that isn't possible for everyone. With pencil barrels give it a long time in between shots.

Truth, but I don't think you are supposed to say that on the internet.

 

[BrentD]

Take your hunting rifle, go to the bench fire 1 round. Go home, come back the next day. Fire one round, go home. Come back the third day, fire one round. That's your group. Only the first shot matters. Only a cold bore shot matters. Better yet if you don't fire from a bench, prone or leaning against a tree. Works best if you can do that from home but I know that isn't possible for everyone. With pencil barrels give it a long time in between shots.

If said pencil barrel is mounted correctly, it won't matter that it warms up.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

If the thing about the rifle that doesn't do it for you can be remedied and you like the other aspects of the rifle, i address that one issue.

After spending a bunch of money on various rifles that are a compromise on what I'd want exactly, i'm done doing anything but buying/building exactly what I want. I'm usually end up unsatisfied and still have a bunch of $ invested.

 

[Gojo03]

All of the back and forth trying to decide to mod or sell it has given me the build bug. Rather than hack away at a truly nice rifle, I finally decided to let that one go. Think I'll try my hands at putting one together with a custom action soon. Either way I hope to send some rounds down range with the new rifle this week and see how that goes.

 

[Trophy Cow]

If I like the way a rifle feels then I'll work with it a bit. If not, I send it down the road. I've sent all my Remington actions down the road. They're not worth my time. I prefer rifles that shoot most ammo well and my reloads even better than that.

 

[OntarioHunter]

My old Springfield started throwing flyers and I finally had to acknowledge the barrel was shot. It was late WWII production with only two land rifling and badly corroded. I'm surprised I killed as many animals I did with it over the last fifty years. Never considered replacing the gun. Dad built it for me and it fits like a glove. So I replaced the barrel last summer. Also changed the scope to 3x9x40, replaced the dicey Buehler safety, and dumped Weaver rings and bases for quality Warne quick detach rings and a rail. I'm about to finish adding optional iron sights and then it will be shipped off for rebluing. I also cleaned up some of the rough machining in the action. It is very slick now. I turned a good quality hunting rifle into something special ... or rather more special.