Thread: "Feather in my hat" 308win Featherweight load development

Originally Posted by dannyb

So after almost selling this rifle it ended up being the only 1 I have kept other than my .22
Was swapping out the scope this morning from a Monarch 2.5-8 to a Monarch 3 3-12× to make this rifle more of an all rounder rather than a dedicated light bush rifle.....soon as I sat the rifle in the gun vice I noticed the scope seemed loose.....closer inspection revealed the weaver base screws had worked them selves nearly all the way out have to wonder if this has been the prime cause of my struggle to find consistent accuracy highly likely I'd say
Have added some blue loktite and re torqued the bases, guess next trip to the range will reveal all

I seem to recall on more than one occasion suggesting this needs checked as part of initial checks,I got caught out with it twice in short order,strangely enough both times after having suppressor fitted...and one of those was my old model 70..... went from 3-4" back to sub inch again.