Thread: Scope Failure?
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Old 09-13-2018, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by West O'5 View Post
Forgive my ignorance but I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around how oil can cause your action to move if it’s bedded and screwed down to spec.....tight is tight,no??Is it the bedding material itself that might be sliding?
And even if excess oil can cause it to shift a few microns,wouldn’t that be barely noticeable to all but the most discriminating PR shooter,as in fractions of MOA?
....and we are talking here about a dramatic 8” shift in POI....I don’t get it?
A friend of mine came to me when his 3/4moa rifle suddenly became a 3moa rifle. I checked the scope mounts, checked the scope with my bore sighter, checked the crown, checked the action screws, and found nothing. When I removed the barreled action from the stock, the bedding area was soaked in G-96 Gun Treatment. He was caught in the rain, so he sprayed G-96 directly on the barreled action, and some ran into the bedding area. I cleaned up the stock and barreled action, reassembled, and once again, he had a sub moa rifle.
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