Saturday, July 25, 2015

How A Remington 700 Gunsmith Can Improve Weapon Accuracy

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.

One of several factors involved in accuracy is a firm hold on the grip without clenching. One basic upgrade that can improve grip strength is simply to install a better grip that allows the shooter a better hold on the gun. This is an item which should be shopped for personally rather than finding an upgrade online, as the shooter will want to experiment with more than one style.

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.

There is a level of kinetic energy which is lost with a longer barrel, however, and this loss of speed and power can mean a clean kill versus a messy injury to big-game hunters. In order to make up for the loss of speed, they will generally change the ammunition they use. An armor-piercing slug will do much more damage on impact than buck shot, but one is warned to make sure such ammunition is legal in their jurisdiction.

All firearms have moving parts, and their tolerance to one-another can make them shift slightly less under recoil. It has been said by many gunsmiths that this process is not just a science, but that there is an art to it as well. Getting small, moving parts to fit together so well that they shift very little as a result of harmonic effect truly requires experience.

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.

Grouping is always sought after in marksmen championships, and this requires a high degree of accuracy. This type of accuracy can only be achieved when one is intimately familiar with their weapon. Knowing how to fire a variety of guns is an honorable pursuit, but the true marksmen and markswomen know that consistent practice with their weapon of choice is what grants them the greatest results.




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