Professional Accurizing With A Remington 700 Gunsmith

By Phyllis Schroeder


In order to any firearm to be the practical weapon of self-defense that it was designed to be, it must have precision and accuracy. Real fans of marksman shooting will seek after-market upgrades for their weapon in order to maximize the consistent accuracy of their weapon. True marksmen either are, or they seek a professional such as a Remington 700 gunsmith in order to bring out the best their gun can offer.

Professionals will tell you that maximizing accuracy in a firearm is delicate work, requiring the hand of an expert. In order for a shooter to consistently hit whatever target they aim upon, thus firing bullets in groups or clusters, precision is key. Even if one is firing an older revolver that tends to fire the bullet a few feet to the right, the distance off-center should be consistently the same distance.

There are a few factors involved, the first of which being the grip that one has on the weapon. Installation of a better grip which allows for comfortable holding without clenching the weapon is ideal. If the grip is comfortable then the shooter should be able to fire the weapon with a consistent degree of pressure.

For shooters new to the sport of rifle marksmanship, the recoil of the weapon can be startling, causing the shooter to miss the target, and sometimes making the shooter uptight about the weapon itself. It is not possible to completely obliterate recoil on a rifle, but this harmonizing effect can be reduced. Harmonizing effect should be proportionate to the square of the length of the barrel, so a longer barrel will result in less recoil.

The only down-side to this minimized harmonic effect is that this longer barrel can slow the bullet down somewhat. To make up for this loss of kinetic energy, one might upgrade to a bullet that gives more. This would be like going from buckshot to a slug, or upgrading some sort of armor-piercing bullet if such a bullet is legal for the shooter to purchase and use in his or her jurisdiction.

Creating the greatest tolerance in a firearm is an art to many gunsmiths, and they will cite this as reason enough for hiring a professional rather than attempting to obtain pinpoint accuracy by installing upgrades themselves. The tolerance means that the moving parts fit together so well that they have less shift under recoil. All guns must have moving parts, but getting these parts to move much less is the goal for anyone looking to fire round after round into a grouped cluster.

Consistency of the ammunition quality is a factor which surely cannot be ignored. Gun manufacturers have ammunition that they recommend because those bullets have shown themselves to perform consistently well with a particular weapon. This type of accuracy is more than adequate for most afficionados, leaving the high-precision professional shooter as the only one likely to hand-load ammunition of their own making.

With the best possible precision and accuracy, any experienced gun slinger should be able to achieve clusters on their target. This is especially true for those wise men and women who practice with a particular weapon on a regular basis. Having an expansive knowledge base about firearms is always good, but only an intimate relationship with a particular weapon is likely to result in true precision.




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