accurizing my muzz!
accurizing my muzz!
ok so after a few problems on the pronghorn hunt I decided it was time to play a little with my knight bighorn magnum.
I've read about lapping the barrel for a few years, but was worried about lapping it a little too much and ruining the gun, but at this point I was ready to throw it in the dumpster anyway so I had nothing to loose.
I started out running a patch coated with automotive valve grinding compound in and out of the barrel 10 times. and then a fresh patch with fresh compound 10 more times. Doing this until I had gone in and out of the barrel 100 times. Then I thoroughly cleaned the bore until I was sure I had all the compound out. HOLLY CRAP! what a shinny bore it was!
I then heated the barrel with EXTREMELY HOT water, so hot I had to wear gloves, then I coated the bore with excess amounts of CRC DRYLUBE (because is it teflon based). Then after the barrel cooled, I ran some dry patches through to get all the excess lube out (when the barrel cools it sucks the lube into its poors).
So then I noticed all these wear spots where the stock has been rubbing on the gun (never a good thing) so I started sanding on the synthetic stock. After gaining ample clearance I chissled out the area surrounding the one bolt lug area to prepare it for a proper bedding. I wrapped the barrel with two layers of electricians tape (to ensure the clearance) and coated the whole dang thing with wax (so the epoxy wont stick to it). Then I layed in a few ounces of bedding epoxy and assembled the gun (with plenty of wax on the threads of the screw) and let it set up.
The next morning i took it apart and cleaned all the wax off and took the tape off then put it back together. VOILA! I've never bedded a gun with only one screw, but heck it turned out pretty dang good!
I knew the old cabelas red dot had issues so down to Lehi I went for a trade in! I now own an Aimpoint 9000L and let me tell you that 2 mil dot makes all the difference in the world on a sight picture!
Now off to the bench:
Accuracy is now better than it has ever been! Most of my groups were under 1.5"
Accuracy never dropped off after several shots. at one point I had fired 25 rounds without cleaning.
The sabbots never got hard to push down the barrel like before, it was like loading a clean gun every time.
Three buddies were with me throughout the process and they now want me to do the same to theirs...... I told them maybe after the hunts are over
!!!!!
Sorry such a long post, but I'm so excited about the changes that I had to share!!!! let me know if any of you want to try it out, it's easy and I can walk you through it!
I've read about lapping the barrel for a few years, but was worried about lapping it a little too much and ruining the gun, but at this point I was ready to throw it in the dumpster anyway so I had nothing to loose.
I started out running a patch coated with automotive valve grinding compound in and out of the barrel 10 times. and then a fresh patch with fresh compound 10 more times. Doing this until I had gone in and out of the barrel 100 times. Then I thoroughly cleaned the bore until I was sure I had all the compound out. HOLLY CRAP! what a shinny bore it was!
I then heated the barrel with EXTREMELY HOT water, so hot I had to wear gloves, then I coated the bore with excess amounts of CRC DRYLUBE (because is it teflon based). Then after the barrel cooled, I ran some dry patches through to get all the excess lube out (when the barrel cools it sucks the lube into its poors).
So then I noticed all these wear spots where the stock has been rubbing on the gun (never a good thing) so I started sanding on the synthetic stock. After gaining ample clearance I chissled out the area surrounding the one bolt lug area to prepare it for a proper bedding. I wrapped the barrel with two layers of electricians tape (to ensure the clearance) and coated the whole dang thing with wax (so the epoxy wont stick to it). Then I layed in a few ounces of bedding epoxy and assembled the gun (with plenty of wax on the threads of the screw) and let it set up.
The next morning i took it apart and cleaned all the wax off and took the tape off then put it back together. VOILA! I've never bedded a gun with only one screw, but heck it turned out pretty dang good!
I knew the old cabelas red dot had issues so down to Lehi I went for a trade in! I now own an Aimpoint 9000L and let me tell you that 2 mil dot makes all the difference in the world on a sight picture!
Now off to the bench:
Accuracy is now better than it has ever been! Most of my groups were under 1.5"
Accuracy never dropped off after several shots. at one point I had fired 25 rounds without cleaning.
The sabbots never got hard to push down the barrel like before, it was like loading a clean gun every time.
Three buddies were with me throughout the process and they now want me to do the same to theirs...... I told them maybe after the hunts are over
!!!!!Sorry such a long post, but I'm so excited about the changes that I had to share!!!! let me know if any of you want to try it out, it's easy and I can walk you through it!
