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Old 06-19-2015, 14:32   #12
Papa Zero Three
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Originally Posted by jw74 View Post
Any thoughts on the value of 'blueprinting' or truing the action?

I am curious if this is a gunsmith money-maker or an essential aspect to squeezing accuracy out of a rifle.
I have seen the change that a re-crowning can bring and wonder if blueprinting is the same.

I changed barrels to a different caliber on my hunting rifle and had it done at the same time so I can't say if the blueprinting was valuable but I suspect switching the factory plastic for a quality stock did more for accuracy than any other tweak.

Yes, it does make a OEM gun a lot better as everything is square and or trued up, something that doesn't happen on factory production built guns. If you're replacing a factory barrel, you might as well have the Smith true the action while it's apart as it's worth the few extra dollars.
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