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The perfect rifle
- Thread starter Lionheart
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I know MOA is good enough...but 1/2 MOA covers a multitude of sins at 500+.
If you want 1/2 m.o.a. , have you considered a shorter barrel, for less flexing, less of the "whip" effect as the bullet is about to exit the muzzle? It will cut down your velocity somewhat, but it is likely to improve your accuracy.
You said you wanted this rifle to have a muzzle brake.
Can you get one of those that can be adjusted or "tuned" to get ideal barrel harmonics?
Check out these articles below (I glanced at them; didn't read them), but I have seen others like them, touting the benefits of having a weight on your muzzle that you can adjust by either increasing or decreasing the mass of the thing, or by shifting it a few millimeters forward or back, which changes the flex characteristics of the barrel.
http://www.stocks-rifle.com/harmonics.htm
http://www.geoffrey-kolbe.com/articles/rimfire_accuracy/tuning_a_barrel.htm
You said you wanted this rifle to have a muzzle brake.
Can you get one of those that can be adjusted or "tuned" to get ideal barrel harmonics?
Check out these articles below (I glanced at them; didn't read them), but I have seen others like them, touting the benefits of having a weight on your muzzle that you can adjust by either increasing or decreasing the mass of the thing, or by shifting it a few millimeters forward or back, which changes the flex characteristics of the barrel.
http://www.stocks-rifle.com/harmonics.htm
http://www.geoffrey-kolbe.com/articles/rimfire_accuracy/tuning_a_barrel.htm
This is exactly what the BOSS system is about. I don't typically like the look or blast of muzzle breaks, so I generally don't use them unless the recoil is prohibitive otherwise. However, I've owned two rifles with the BOSS system (7mm Rem Mag and 300 WSM) and can tell you the system works very well. Easy to tune the barrel harmonics for max accuracy. The first one I owned was an early A-Bolt Medallion in 7mm and it was also the first 0.5 MOA rifle I ever owned.
I didn't look at those but I'm sure it's similar to the Browning "Boss" technology
Have you researched what characteristics and features hard-core benchrest rifle shooters want to have for their rifles, and considered if any of those could be useful for your long-range hunting rifle? Obviously BR guns are too heavy for your purposes, so you probably don't want to copy their choice of barrel profile and length, or the super-strong scope bases they use.
But, what about the types of stocks: Wood vs. Fiberglass v. carbon fiber? What about the kinds of bedding-- fiberglass, or pilar bedding. How much of the barrel should be free floated?
Consider trigger weights. 4 lbs. is considered good for a hunting rifle, and 4.5 lbs is required as minimum for NRA highpower rifle matches (even match rifles, not just "service rifles.")
But benchrest shooters often have triggers that go down to a couple of ounces. What would be a safe and practical trigger that would give you this accuracy standard you expect, which is MUCH more demanding than typical 1.5 MOA hunting rifle accuracy?
Benchrest rifles that do well at regional or state competitions will shoot one-hole groups at 300 yards. The "center to center" distance is often only 0.2" for 200 yard matches. Yeah, that's 2/10 of an inch at 200 yards !
But, what about the types of stocks: Wood vs. Fiberglass v. carbon fiber? What about the kinds of bedding-- fiberglass, or pilar bedding. How much of the barrel should be free floated?
Consider trigger weights. 4 lbs. is considered good for a hunting rifle, and 4.5 lbs is required as minimum for NRA highpower rifle matches (even match rifles, not just "service rifles.")
But benchrest shooters often have triggers that go down to a couple of ounces. What would be a safe and practical trigger that would give you this accuracy standard you expect, which is MUCH more demanding than typical 1.5 MOA hunting rifle accuracy?
Benchrest rifles that do well at regional or state competitions will shoot one-hole groups at 300 yards. The "center to center" distance is often only 0.2" for 200 yard matches. Yeah, that's 2/10 of an inch at 200 yards !
I have looked at the X-Bolt Hell's canyon several times - very nice rifle. I am also considering the Christensen Arms Ridgeline (you can handle these in person at Cabela's). Good luck with your search!!
Stay AWAY from Christensen Arms! Their accuracy guarantees are a joke and I have dealt with many of their rifles that were not anywhere near as accurate as they should have been.
I'll second that from what I've seen at our club, quite a few unhappy customers of theirs.
The guns looked good, some really fine looking rifles, but the complaint was poor accuracy.
Several guns were sent back time and again.
They came up missing for months and would come back no better than they were.
Yep, I demanded a refund after sending a rifle back to them twice and having them re-barrel it once. One time the rifle came back with a target that was supposed to prove it's accuracy, but upon looking at it I discovered there was load data on the sheet. When asked about it they couldn't explain it, but said it was probably something left over from one of their employees working up a load for their personal rifle. My belief is that the groups were also created by the personal rifle, not mine.
The only way I got the refund was to tell them I was going to fly out to them and watch as they printed the groups they said the rifle was capable of and would expect them to reimburse me for my travel and time, as well as the rifle, if they couldn't do that. I got a check in the mail shortly after that.
