I picked up a 700 243 from hide member about a year and a half ago with the intention of rebarreling it to a 7-08. So, I picked up a 7-08 take off barrel from another hide member and sent it to a local gunsmith to screw the new barrel on. Usually, I send all my stuff to SAC, but I figured this was so simple that I would save the $100-$150 in shipping and just get it done in Fairbanks. After firing the first round through the rifle I looked at the primer and there was an obvious issue. Almost like someone had chamfered the inside of the hole for the firing pin. The area around the strike point on the primer was raised enough that it made me pretty nervous so after sending some pics to Mark Gordon, the bolt was on it's way to be repaired. Once I got the bolt back (Mark did a beautiful job as always) I started doing some load development. It would group alright for what I was wanting out of this rifle, but was shooting way to the left. So far to the left that I can't get any optics I have to zero because they run out of windage adjustment. So, I sent the whole thing back into Fairbanks to have the guy who screwed the new barrel on it take a look and see if he can find where the problem is. I just got the rifle back (it's been almost a year) because he said he hadn't looked at it yet since it wasn't the kind of job he enjoys doing. Grrrrrrr.
My question is should I be looking for another barrel before sending it off again or is this probably the kind of thing that can be remedied? I realize this is difficult to answer without getting to inspect the rifle, but I guess I'm just looking for some educated guesses at this point. I getting pretty tried of putting money into a rifle that hasn't been right since I bought it.
thanks.
My question is should I be looking for another barrel before sending it off again or is this probably the kind of thing that can be remedied? I realize this is difficult to answer without getting to inspect the rifle, but I guess I'm just looking for some educated guesses at this point. I getting pretty tried of putting money into a rifle that hasn't been right since I bought it.
thanks.