Originally Posted By: woodguruOriginally Posted By: ackleymanOriginally Posted By: CatShooterTruing an action is very over-rated.
It "might" show benefits in a benchrest rifle, but only if a lot of other things are done at the same time.
Without the full treatment, truing alone is a waste of time and money - and most gunsmiths that claim to true actions, have no idea what they are doing.
It will never show benefits in any field or hunting rifle, and it is money down the tube - no one will pay you a dime more for your rifle when you go to sell it.
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I spent a lot of money verifying the exact same thing that Catshooter has also found. I used rem 700 actions (one trued and one non trued), Hart barrels, chambered with the same reamer, bedded in McMillen Benchrest stocks. I could not tell the difference in groups, wind had more effect on which one shot the best.
For many, blueprinting an action is a point of pride, so knock yourself out! As for me, I will not blue print another. Another thing, if you do go the route of blueprinting an action, for goodness sakes, purchase a set of wind flags which is a heck of a lot more important!
Something you are missing here, most rifles don't need to be trued because they are decently made already, the more an individual rifle is inaccurate because it needs to be trued the bigger difference truing is going to make. It's a matter of if it ain't broke it doesn't need fixin. Now if you are shooting one of those rifles that won't shoot under three inches truing might make a big difference.
I've never seen the need to true a Sako action.
I didn't miss anything, and neither did Ackleyman...
My point was that unless you are building a bench rifle, truing an action was a waste of money, and even if you ARE building a bench rifle, you are not likely to see any difference.
The world's record group was show before some gunsmith's dreamed up another way to pay for their kid's braces... truing actions (and pillar bedding).
If you have a rifle that is shooting 3" groups, truing will NOT make a millimeter's worth of difference, because it is the barrel, not the action, that causes that kind of piss-poor performance.
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