So.....I'm at a competition a couple weekends ago and I'm on the line for a stage just before going hot. The RO tells me to get in position, load and make ready.....and then he says.....put your safety ON. (I'm running a 700 with Timney 510) No big deal.....until I engage the safety (that hasn't been touched in 8-9 years..don't ever use it) and the trigger gets locked in the safe position. The hinge pin that allows the safety lever to rotate shimmied out of place. So I'm like.....OH SHIT...MY GUN IS DOWN FOR THE COMP.
I take the gun off the line, and the only option is to remove the barreled action and try to fix the trigger. All went well, fixed the safety....back on the line for the stage.
So now.....the next stage is a 700+ yard stage!....and I'm freaking out that my zero is no longer good. Well, I get to the next stage, and low and behold, I start smacking every target center mass. After removing the barreled action, having the tiny bit of bedding material I used to skim bed the action FALL OUT of the chasis.....my zero on the gun was still dead nuts !!!
Scott McRee was there running a stage after this happened....and I told him the story. He looked at me and said....
"I TOLD YOU.....THAT'S HOW WE DESIGNED IT"
So long story short, it's one thing for a stock manufacturer to say "it's has a bedding block....you don't have to bed the action".....it's a whole other bag of chips to actually zero your rifle, take it out of the stock, bang it around, put it back in without properly torquing the screws, and then have your 725 yard dope be dead nuts after all that.
I have used McRee chasis' exclusively for the past few years because, in my opinion, they are very adaptable, configurable, and comfortable. I have three on all my bolt guns.
But when I "REALLY" needed the chasis to come through for me....in the field....on the spot....and return to perfect....IT DID !!!!
Scott, I can't thank you enough. Cheers
I take the gun off the line, and the only option is to remove the barreled action and try to fix the trigger. All went well, fixed the safety....back on the line for the stage.
So now.....the next stage is a 700+ yard stage!....and I'm freaking out that my zero is no longer good. Well, I get to the next stage, and low and behold, I start smacking every target center mass. After removing the barreled action, having the tiny bit of bedding material I used to skim bed the action FALL OUT of the chasis.....my zero on the gun was still dead nuts !!!
Scott McRee was there running a stage after this happened....and I told him the story. He looked at me and said....
"I TOLD YOU.....THAT'S HOW WE DESIGNED IT"
So long story short, it's one thing for a stock manufacturer to say "it's has a bedding block....you don't have to bed the action".....it's a whole other bag of chips to actually zero your rifle, take it out of the stock, bang it around, put it back in without properly torquing the screws, and then have your 725 yard dope be dead nuts after all that.
I have used McRee chasis' exclusively for the past few years because, in my opinion, they are very adaptable, configurable, and comfortable. I have three on all my bolt guns.
But when I "REALLY" needed the chasis to come through for me....in the field....on the spot....and return to perfect....IT DID !!!!
Scott, I can't thank you enough. Cheers
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