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Old 03-16-2009, 11:35 AM
buckhunter buckhunter is offline
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My money is on the scope. I had the same problem with a Ruger 77. Sold the gun cause it wouldn't shoot. The guy who bought it is still laughing. If you even give it a half cleaning and the scope is good it should be a shooter.
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Old 02-13-2010, 11:09 PM
jalewi jalewi is offline
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I know this is a really, really old reply. Nearly a year. Sorry! I ended up moving back to TN and kind of forgot about the post during the move. But here is what I did...
I used the shooter's choice just like Rapier suggested, word for word. I went ahead and did a glass bedding job and floated it. I kept the same scope on it. The gun now shoots sub-MOA. I now use nothing but shooter's choice products. Thanks for all of your all's help!
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Old 02-14-2010, 01:50 PM
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Glad to hear it`s a shooter after all. If you have problems again run some copper soulvent through it. I usually use Sweets 7.62, but anything with ammonia in it will work. You might run some through to see if it is fouling. Keep running them through untill you get no more blue.
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Old 02-14-2010, 02:38 PM
jalewi jalewi is offline
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Catfish,
That is what I did. I gently tapped a wood dowel in the chamber to seal it and filled the barrel with shooter's choice copper out and let it work for about a week. Then I gave the barrel a good scrubbing with a bronze brush and kept repeating the scrubbing until the blue color came clean. It worked like a charm. It is about the best shooter I have now.
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