So, I bought a barreled action on a whim, and I can't seem to find any factory ammo it likes. I'm talking .75 moa and larger 3 shot groups at 100 yards. I've been in contact with the gunsmith/manufacturer and they agreed that it should shoot better, and have offered to look at the barrel which I have packaged up and ready to send back. The other day when I was getting the rifle out of the safe to remove the barrel, I let the barrel slide through my hand quickly and felt a "dent" about halfway down the barrel. The barrel is a heavy palma contour, and shows no signs of an impact in the area. The "dent" (barely visible to the eye) is very noticeable to the touch, and carries itself about halfway around the barrel. Is it possible for that to cause accuracy issues? I've never wondered how concentric the outside of a barrel needed to be.
A little more background, the barreled action was torqued properly into both an MPA ,and Manners with mini chassis. It has been shot suppressed, unsuppressed, and with a brake. I also tried two different scopes on the rifle, a Bushnell LRTSi (which I shoot regularly and know it tracks well), and a Minox ZP5. I let a local smith look at the barreled action while dropping off some other stuff, and he immediately noticed the spot on the barrel, but checked everything else out and couldn't find anything obviously wrong with it.
A little more background, the barreled action was torqued properly into both an MPA ,and Manners with mini chassis. It has been shot suppressed, unsuppressed, and with a brake. I also tried two different scopes on the rifle, a Bushnell LRTSi (which I shoot regularly and know it tracks well), and a Minox ZP5. I let a local smith look at the barreled action while dropping off some other stuff, and he immediately noticed the spot on the barrel, but checked everything else out and couldn't find anything obviously wrong with it.
