So I went to the range today and shot my new project gun to knock the rust off the shooter and have fun with it before it goes in for the major surgeries. As it sits now, its a Remington 700 in .243 with Nightforce base, Seekins 30mm medium rings, Timney 510 at 1.5 pounds and a Leupold VX3 6.5-20x50mm scope with varmint reticle.
Bought some Federal Fusion 96gr ammo to shoot through it, and threw a target up at 25 yards to get the loose zero before moving out to 100 yards. First round, bang, "wow this trigger is nice". Next round, bang, "...hey where's the shiny round thing thats supposed to come out?". Stupid case is stuck in the chamber. So I borrow a cleaning rod, wrap a patch around the end, and very gently poke out the stuck case. It comes out no worries nice and easy. I keep shooting, and the next cases keep getting stuck. In order for them to extract I had to shove the bolt closed pretty hard on a live round in order for it to be extracted after firing. So after some lunch, took it to my gunsmith and he's putting in a Sako extractor which should take care of that shitty little sheet metal piece of crap that Remington puts in there.
In all, after getting zeroed at 100 yards the groups are an inch-ish. I'm not unhappy with that cuz this trigger is very light and I need to get used to it. The stock will be switched over to a Manners soon so accuracy should improve and it will all be lapped, trued, blah blah blah.
Bought some Federal Fusion 96gr ammo to shoot through it, and threw a target up at 25 yards to get the loose zero before moving out to 100 yards. First round, bang, "wow this trigger is nice". Next round, bang, "...hey where's the shiny round thing thats supposed to come out?". Stupid case is stuck in the chamber. So I borrow a cleaning rod, wrap a patch around the end, and very gently poke out the stuck case. It comes out no worries nice and easy. I keep shooting, and the next cases keep getting stuck. In order for them to extract I had to shove the bolt closed pretty hard on a live round in order for it to be extracted after firing. So after some lunch, took it to my gunsmith and he's putting in a Sako extractor which should take care of that shitty little sheet metal piece of crap that Remington puts in there.
In all, after getting zeroed at 100 yards the groups are an inch-ish. I'm not unhappy with that cuz this trigger is very light and I need to get used to it. The stock will be switched over to a Manners soon so accuracy should improve and it will all be lapped, trued, blah blah blah.
