Post by picklehead on Jan 15, 2019 22:32:08 GMT -5
I tore down the new trig in my weatherby vanguard. I cut a coil off the spring and about fell out the chair and it didn't help much. Cut another 1/4 coil off and same thing. Ok, lets do some very serious thinking and looking about how this trigger works. After another 30 minutes of staring at it,,, NO SPRING needed to be cut down. Just barely polish the trigger or what I would call the hammer and sear. Few laps on the diamond stone and wet rock,, was a bit much. It turned out at 8 oz buy fish scales and yes,, I could tell it was in ounces and didn't even need a scale. It was scary light. I got it back up to about 1.4 by using the spring I cut and all is great.
Slammed the bolt fifty or so times and three pos safety works correct. Beat it on the floor 30 times or so,, in all functions. It is safe and light as a feather,, breaks nice and clean. Ok, that took care of that part and I turned / timed the bolt lugs to the receiver last night. They came out great and full contact from the back of the bolt lugs to back of recces area in the action. Did this set the headspace back?? Sure it did but that's why we hand load and set our dies for a certain rifle.
Now comes the hard part,,, floating the barrel. The stocks come with up pressure on the barrel so they will shoot MOA with good factory ammo. This is a pencil sportier barrel and may have been better off leaving it be. I know these barrels will whip like heck, but pretty darn accurate,, and a chance I was willing to take. Its floated and will bed it,, but I'm not happy yet. Time will tell if my handy work ruined it or made it better. I worked up a load of H4350 for it the other day and both loads would send the first round, 3/8" differ from the next two and that's not good. two and three was touching or same hole at 100. Id rather have three or five touching and not the two,, with a flier. Barrel isn't even broke in good yet but I know its the stock / cheap pipe doing this. It is a budget 1000 yard rifle and will die learning to show others that a 4000 buck set up,, isn't necessary to print groups of 5 to 10 inches,, at 1000 yards. And that's a damn fact or I will die trying,, like I said above.
My handi work on the stock can be revisited if I desire and left room to put up pressure on the barrel,, if needed. Trail and error is the way we learn. If some roll their eyes, send me 350 bucks and I will be more than glad to buy a fancy stock,, for a 250 buck barrel and receiver . This is a 400 buck toy and glass, rings and rail,, will exceed that. Ive seen it to many times and this is just a friendly shooter to read wind with and learn dope with. Dope and Data is a world apart and it will teach me both departments and don't care if the barrel gets shot out, doing it. I'm out of nothing but my time and learning.
Slammed the bolt fifty or so times and three pos safety works correct. Beat it on the floor 30 times or so,, in all functions. It is safe and light as a feather,, breaks nice and clean. Ok, that took care of that part and I turned / timed the bolt lugs to the receiver last night. They came out great and full contact from the back of the bolt lugs to back of recces area in the action. Did this set the headspace back?? Sure it did but that's why we hand load and set our dies for a certain rifle.
Now comes the hard part,,, floating the barrel. The stocks come with up pressure on the barrel so they will shoot MOA with good factory ammo. This is a pencil sportier barrel and may have been better off leaving it be. I know these barrels will whip like heck, but pretty darn accurate,, and a chance I was willing to take. Its floated and will bed it,, but I'm not happy yet. Time will tell if my handy work ruined it or made it better. I worked up a load of H4350 for it the other day and both loads would send the first round, 3/8" differ from the next two and that's not good. two and three was touching or same hole at 100. Id rather have three or five touching and not the two,, with a flier. Barrel isn't even broke in good yet but I know its the stock / cheap pipe doing this. It is a budget 1000 yard rifle and will die learning to show others that a 4000 buck set up,, isn't necessary to print groups of 5 to 10 inches,, at 1000 yards. And that's a damn fact or I will die trying,, like I said above.
My handi work on the stock can be revisited if I desire and left room to put up pressure on the barrel,, if needed. Trail and error is the way we learn. If some roll their eyes, send me 350 bucks and I will be more than glad to buy a fancy stock,, for a 250 buck barrel and receiver . This is a 400 buck toy and glass, rings and rail,, will exceed that. Ive seen it to many times and this is just a friendly shooter to read wind with and learn dope with. Dope and Data is a world apart and it will teach me both departments and don't care if the barrel gets shot out, doing it. I'm out of nothing but my time and learning.