Check that gun !!!

[oldfarmsblueman]

I have many guns in many calibers.I do some gun
smithing but mostly do bluing.Old farms (road ne'er
my house BLUEMAN .I shoot any gun I take deer
hunting EVERY YEAR before I use it that year.I like
a gun(slug or muzzle loader that will shoot an inch
at 50 yards.I keep the test target with the year on
it to compare with the year before.I usually only need
to fire one round.Today I shot my favorite 7mm mag. at
50 yards and it shot 10 in. high and 8 in. to the right.
It's makeing me nuts at $1.25 a POP.I figured it was
the scope because it shoots erratic.With a new scope
it was the same.I checked all scope mounts and the
stock bolts .Tonight I re- crowned the barrel on my
lathe because I noticed a very small mark on the crown
I will shoot it tomorrow to see if that helps .I will not
hunt with a weapon that I don't have 100% confidence in.
THE POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE IS JUST BECAUSE IT SHOT
GOOD LAST YEAR DON'T TAKE A CHANCE OF BLOWING A SHOT
AT A DEER!!!!!!!!!!THIS YEAR.

[SPIKER]

Re crowning the barrel on your lathe?

damn OFB...your pretty sophisticated out there..

Are you using hand loads, or factory? I'm assuming hand loads, in which case you might want to check your reloading equipment as well...JMHO...

[royden]

any chance your stock is pressing against your barrell?

[oldfarmsblueman]

The gun loves cheep Rem.150 core-lokt bullets.The
7mm mag is the only gun I don't reload for.In theory
one box should be good for 20 deer ;D.
The original stock was replaced with a plastic one that
I had a 308 bull barrel in.The 7mm floats except I have
somthing at the tip for the barrel to rest on.I will be
playing with it to day and if not 100% happy pull out
the 243,or 30-30

[oldfarmsblueman]

Royden you hit it on the head.Last year I built up a peace
on the end of the plastic stock just to put a little pressure
on the barrel at the end of the stock.Last year it shot
normal.This year and I don't know why it had problems.
I can see it with a wood stock but not plastic.After a scope
change,re crown and over a box of ammo it shoots like it
should.Out of this I got 5 trips down the hill to my 50 yd
range,a nice pile of 7mm mag brass and one sore shoulder ;D

[royden]

I was thinking $1.25 was spendy for reloads unless shooting accubond bullets (which are worth it) ... glad you only had to shoot one box ... my old o3-A3 drove me nuts after I restocked it with a walnut stock that I didn't varnish good enough ... when wet it would shoot erratic ... course I rarely stay dry hunting and I rarely get wet sighting in

[BT]

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