Thread: Causes of accuracy in a rifle

Originally Posted by ebf

If you insist on keeping it to the hardware side, it would help if you break it down into bits that really matter.

So for instance instead of saying "barrel", you might want to have distinct items for chambering and the crown, both of which affect matters.

It also depends on what rifles you are talking about. In general bedding the action in the stock makes a huge difference, but for most of the Tikkas this does not seem to be as much of an issue as with other makes...

Hmmm I don't think I need to break it down too much. Let's try it this way:
I know you like Barnard actions @ebf, but if I was short on funds and the action doesn't affect accuracy that much (but a match-quality barrel does), then why should I not just thread a match barrel onto a 2nd hand Rem 700 rather than shoot a Barnard with a less quality barrel?