Before

[TiminTN]

After

 

[Jon]

What is that?

 

[Hogbear]

re-crowned rifle muzzle. Bet it shoots a lot better now.

 

[Jon]

ah I see it now, thanks.

 

[Tnyoteboy]

It definitely couldn't have hurt with a crown like that.

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

I thought it was an eyeball looking at me...LOL

 

[Model70Man]

That looks really good.

 

[TiminTN]

You wouldn`t believe how well this rifle responded to the TLC.....

 

[Rackseeker]

You wouldn't believe how many people ride around with the muzzle pointed in the floorboard of their vehicle and their rifles crown looks like that one.

 

[RUGER]

:cool:

 

[Efhutton]

what make are we lookin at Tim ?

 

[Tiny]

Very :cool: and good as always.

Details on the Tools Used,if you don't mind.

 

[TiminTN]

That crown is from a Remington. I was given the task of getting a load done for a guy and it was left to me to get the rifle up to snuff. It was a 300 Win Mag and it shot IMR4350 and 150 Nosler Accubonds into a .6xx" group.

Tiny, I bought a NECO Fire Lapping kit many moons ago and couldn`t bring myself to run the coated bullets down the bore. I used the kit along with a bronze ball ended muzzle lap from Brownells. I ordered the one without handle and chuck it in a Dewalt drill and run it slow in a circular motion. I own 3 of those muzzle laps and can polish from .22 to .50 caliber bores.

 

[Tiny]

Thanks

 

[jakeway]

You wouldn`t believe how well this rifle responded to the TLC.....

I would...Here's my Before and After:

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[trap55555]

To Jakeway post: WOW !!
Question: Any other changes? Just the crown?

Tks,

 

[Wildcat]

I've seen those kits at Brownells and been thinking of getting one, now I might just go ahead and get one.

 

[redblood]

Did you have to cut the barrel down any?

 

[jakeway]

To Jakeway post: WOW !!
Question: Any other changes? Just the crown?

Tks,

I had it recrowned at a gunsmith (no real shortening involved)and I also followed a barrel break-in procedure of running a tight patch with Remington bore cleaner 10 times, followed by a dry patch 10 times, then repeat the series 10 times, for a total of 200 barrel passes.

After that it's been incredibly consistent. I was test firing some handloads with 4 different charges, and if you superimposed all the targets I don't think the group would be 2". Most groups were sub MOA.

That nick in the muzzle, though small, was deep and right on on of the lands.

Gun is a Ruger M77 Compact, 16.5" barrel, in 260 REM.