Thread: The barrett can shoot.

A while back I asked advice on Barrett feildcrafts, and found out they were not made anymore. Then I found there was still a new one for sale in NZ and in the cal I wanted.
Initially i set up the scope on a rail while I tracked down mounts and a random stranger in South Africa was very decent and sent me a set he had at no cost which was amazing.
When I set it up on the rail I knew it could shoot but didnt do alot with it as it was always going to be temporary and the trigger was over 4lb. Finally I got my act together and purchased a decent torque wrench as Barret are very firm in stipulating the front and rear action screw lbs, before fitting the scope in the new mounts and removing the stock to adjust the trigger down too 2lb.

Sighted it in tonight. Fair to say Im pretty happy.



Out of curiosity, What would you measure that group as?

about 7mm??? centre to centre..but just call it a cloverleaf lol.

9mm or 3/8" it look to me.

I'd measure that group as - adequate. Stick another 7 through it and see if it gets any bigger!

Nice group though...

It would get bigger. Its a 5.5lb rifle with a thin barrel. And too be fair, I'm not sure I could hold it together over 10 shots right now. The average of all groups so far including factory ammo is 11.5mm.

Outside distance minus the calibre all in mm.


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Yeah thats how I usually do it. Its just that there is a discrepancy in measuring centre to centre , which comes in at around 7mm, and how you describe which is 9mm-7mm=2

Ive got one too, same thing shoots lights out, and not fussy either, nicely balanced we rifle.
Mine is a 6.5 creed with 18" barrel, sighted in with 160gr round nose and 129gr accubonds, for longer range,

@whanahuia What distance, how many shots and what calibre? I run it thru Ontarget.

Also distance apart minus calibre is a pretty rough method which usually gives a artificially favourable result. But good enough for a quick measure.
This is due to the hole in the target paper/cardboard/backing usually is smaller than the actaul bullet diameter. Heaps of discussions on this on the internet.

Originally Posted by zimmer

@whanahuia What distance, how many shots and what calibre? I run it thru Ontarget.

Also distance apart minus calibre is a pretty rough method which usually gives a artificially favourable result. But good enough for a quick measure.
This is due to the hole in the target paper/cardboard/backing usually is smaller than the actaul bullet diameter. Heaps of discussions on this on the internet.

100 yards, Its 4 shots, I fired 1 shot after adjusting, and then another 3 to confirm. and .270 win

Cheers

@whanahuia

Originally Posted by zimmer

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WOW! Thats a very cool tool to have! Thank you for taking the time.