Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Professional Accurizing With A Remington 700 Gunsmith

By Phyllis Schroeder


Anyone who owns a firearm wants their piece to be an elegant ornament of self-defense with the greatest precision possible. Fortunately, there are after-market upgrades available for many brands and of firearms available. To ensure proper installation, one should seek out a professional, such as a Remington 700 Gunsmith.

Accurizing, the process of making a gun more accurate, is a delicate procedure. Accuracy in a firearm is defined as the ability to hit whatever target one is aiming at. This seems simple enough until one tries out an old-fashioned revolver known for the bullet to land a few feet to the right of the target.

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.

When firing a rifle or an airgun, the vibrations traveling down the barrel can impact how the gun fires greatly. By minimizing the recoil, or harmonic effect, one is better able to control where the barrel is pointed at the moment the bullet exits. A longer barrel reduces the harmonic effect, resulting in less recoil, which ultimately helps prevent the shooter from becoming uptight or afraid of the weapon.

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.

Perfecting the accuracy of a firearm also involves making the moving parts fit together in such a way that they shift the least under recoil. Professional gunsmiths do claim that this process is as much art as science. Getting these parts to achieve the best possible tolerance to one-another requires an experienced hand.

The quality of ammunition used is also a large factor in determining the accuracy a firearm will consistently achieve. Most gun manufacturers also have bullets on the market which are known to produce a consistent result when used with a particular gun. For most fans of this sport, that level of accuracy is adequate, and only a high-precision shooter will feel the need to manually load their own ammunition.

In order to fire bullets in proper groups, accuracy must be very high, and the shooter must be well-practiced on the gun they are firing. Being experienced with many guns is an honorable pursuit, but having an intimate knowledge of a single weapon will always bring about more consistently desirable results. This intimacy is why so many marksmen and women give their firearm a name.




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