I have a 700 Remington BDL which came in the plastic stock & the barrel is dull blue. I re-stocked the rifle with a BDL stock & floor plate. I had trouble cleaning this rifle so my friend scoped it with a Hawkeye & found many pits & even a section of land missing. I took the rifle to a local bench shooter [Dale Woolen] to have a new barrel but he shot the rifle & said save my money it still shoots fine for a sporter.
I took his advice & worked up loads not cleaning the rifle with solvent. I use an oiled patch followed by 5 clean patches followed by a lightly oiled one. Before shooting it gets 2 clean patches. If accuracy goes south I'll clean it & begin anew.
Any way I plan to head back to Kansas in a couple weeks to shoot the Cimarron National Grasslands. I sighted the rifle today using the Sierra 52 HPBT, 26 grains of surplus 4895, & a Wolf small rifle primer. I shot four 3 shot groups all under 5/8". Not as good as Dale did but about all this hillbilly is capable of. Enjoy the pictures.
The Rifle
Dale's two groups
My group today, slightly left
Adjustment made
Correct elevation
I took his advice & worked up loads not cleaning the rifle with solvent. I use an oiled patch followed by 5 clean patches followed by a lightly oiled one. Before shooting it gets 2 clean patches. If accuracy goes south I'll clean it & begin anew.
Any way I plan to head back to Kansas in a couple weeks to shoot the Cimarron National Grasslands. I sighted the rifle today using the Sierra 52 HPBT, 26 grains of surplus 4895, & a Wolf small rifle primer. I shot four 3 shot groups all under 5/8". Not as good as Dale did but about all this hillbilly is capable of. Enjoy the pictures.
The Rifle
Dale's two groups
My group today, slightly left
Adjustment made
Correct elevation