what would you do?

[BK]

Just as an FYI, Browning's headquarters is in Morgan, Utah. Your FWT was most likely made in South Carolina.

 

[kendog]

Just as an FYI, Browning's headquarters is in Morgan, Utah. Your FWT was most likely made in South Carolina.

That's what is stamped on my barrel anyway.

 

[DrMike]

BK,

The new Winchesters were stamped (though that may have changed now) Morgan, Utah, reflecting the ownership of USRAC.

 

[kendog]

Just a few pics of how good the rifle can shoot 175 grain slugs, very hard to get the same results, impossible almost.

 

[kendog]

A few pics of the 150 BTs, the OAL is the same on the 175 sierra SBTs and nosler 150 BTs, very lucky for me, don't have to touch the seating die.

 

[kendog]

The target dated Oct 23 is what I ended up taking out hunting. The target dated Dec 26th is that same load, nothing changed. Just blasting them off. Different spot on target and not the same group.
I have alot of bad targets, the 130 Speer and the factory 140s are not even worth taking pictures of, can't zoom out far enough

 

[jmad_81]

Well I don't have much to add. I'm going through the same ting with my wifes 7-08, and its on my last straw. I did some trigger work, bedded it, clean the crap out of it, tried several different bullets, and four or five different powders. Bedding did help with the one load with the 120 BT. It shoots around MOA after bedding, but I don't want her hunting bears or elk with the 120 bt. I'm going to try the 140 AB one more time now that I have bedded it, if it don't shoot I can get a new barrel, and get the action worked over. I love how easy my Pac Nor barrel on my 280 AI was to get to shoot, they are worth every penny. I can spend time getting to know my rifle and shooting gongs instead of punching paper for months on end and getting very frustrated!

 

[BK]

Dang, if POI is moving around that much, it sounds to me as if your stock is swelling and/or shrinking with changes in the humidity. It'd be nice if you had a synthetic stock to try it in, but I imagine you probably don't have a spare stock laying around.

 

[kendog]

No spare stocks no. I love wood and have a real fancy for the wood on the featherweight. Will pillar-bedding cure this problem?

 

[SJB358]

I believe pillar bedding will greatly assist your problem. It basically takes the wood stock out of the equation. Granted, if your stock makes huge moves, it might shift, but overall, the pillars allow a consistent fit, everytime, in exactly the same place with exactly the same tension on your screws without crushing wood. It is easy to do also. I just did this entire thing to a CDL about a month ago. I would look at having it done or doing it yourself. I think pillars cost about 15.00 and a box of Acra Gel will run you about 20.00. You might have 50 dollars into the pillars if you do it yourself, or maybe a 125 if a gunsmith does them for you. Scotty

 

[kendog]

I will ponder this for a few days, no shops open around here until the 4th. Leaning towards sending it out to have it done, I can be a hack sometimes as my patience isn't great when I want something done fast.

 

[DrMike]

Have you sealed the barrel channel? Are your rings and bases tight?

 

[kendog]

Rings and bases are tight, haven't touched the stock at all. I had it off to adjust the trigger but it's pretty much as it was out of the box, it has quite a gap between the barrel and stock so I don't think it would ever get wet enough to touch if that is what your getting at.
Don't have near the experience you fellers have, been shooting since the late 70s but I have never had to do the work that this rifle is asking for so I may seem a tad thick to yas.

 

[BK]

Sometime you just need a detached viewpoint when you are too close to the problem.

 

[kendog]

Took her to a smith today, he is going to start with bedding and pillars but........ pretty sure I will end up with a new barrel. He checked out the bore and found chatter marks near the muzzle from the tool when they cut the rifling. Not sure but he mentioned cutting a piece off and re-crowning, don't know if that will be done this trip or not. If I get the rifle back after the bedding and it still won't shoot I'm not going to screw around, just get a new barrel.

 

[Guy Miner]

Not that unusual to find tooling marks in the barrel. Sometimes the barrels shoot fairly well anyway, but often they don't.

Think of it as a great excuse to treat yourself to a good barrel!

 

[kendog]

Yeah, it will be a new experience for me. Kinda hope the bedding job does the trick though.

 

[BK]

Just curious (but too lazy to look to see if it's been mentioned) but how many rounds have you shot through it? Sometimes a barrel takes a little time to shoot it's best (although I suspect that this might not be one of those cases, unfortunately).

 

[kendog]

Yeah, never thought of that. My other featherweight took about 500 rounds before it turned into a real shooter, hmmmm. I don't think there has been 300 rounds down the tube yet.
Something to think about, thanks. When I get her back I'll run a couple hundred more through it before I take the dive.

 

[cloverleaf]

Never tried it myself but there's folks who swear by "JB bore paste". Any thoughts from the collective? CL