Juniata
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Everytime I bring up this practice it seems like people's heads want to explode.
I bent the barrel on my smoothbore upwards to get it shooting... Since then killed 2 doe. (I did this even after I filed my the front sight down it still shot low.)
I did it with my rifle after building it.
The gun shot too low and I didn't want to try to the file the front sight and potentially scuff my barrel which I worked so hard to get to the desired finish it had.
Barrels are soft, it usually doesn't take much to "bend" it and get it shooting to your desired POA.
On multiple occasions a barrel manufacturer and gun builders both told me they do this with their barrels if need be.
Obviously if sights can be altered some, you just as well do so.
I originally bent my rifle barrel because of original low impact and had it shooting high...I then realized over time it just shot too high for my liking. This week I took it in and out of the gun firing a few shots per alteration and flexing it in my vise till I got it shooting just perfect.
I will say I went too far the one time and could physically see the hump in the barrel. Scared the tar out of myself... But realized its nothing I can't undo.... I flexed it back and it straightened back to how it was originally, at least to the naked eye. It then shot high just like before I started. Then I was more gentle with the multiple pulls of the barrel in vice. Bingo....got it shooting perfect.
Have you ever done this?
I bent the barrel on my smoothbore upwards to get it shooting... Since then killed 2 doe. (I did this even after I filed my the front sight down it still shot low.)
I did it with my rifle after building it.
The gun shot too low and I didn't want to try to the file the front sight and potentially scuff my barrel which I worked so hard to get to the desired finish it had.
Barrels are soft, it usually doesn't take much to "bend" it and get it shooting to your desired POA.
On multiple occasions a barrel manufacturer and gun builders both told me they do this with their barrels if need be.
Obviously if sights can be altered some, you just as well do so.
I originally bent my rifle barrel because of original low impact and had it shooting high...I then realized over time it just shot too high for my liking. This week I took it in and out of the gun firing a few shots per alteration and flexing it in my vise till I got it shooting just perfect.
I will say I went too far the one time and could physically see the hump in the barrel. Scared the tar out of myself... But realized its nothing I can't undo.... I flexed it back and it straightened back to how it was originally, at least to the naked eye. It then shot high just like before I started. Then I was more gentle with the multiple pulls of the barrel in vice. Bingo....got it shooting perfect.
Have you ever done this?