I bedded the action and the first inch and half of barrel then free floated the barrels on my last 2 rifles. It gained some but i wasn't satisfied. I ended up fully bedding the barrels and it made the biggest difference on both the rifles. Especially made both guns good across many different loads. I know nowadays free floated barrels are the rage but from what ive seen on my last two rifles (both sporter weight barrels) fully bedding the barrels was definitely the way to go.

It's rare these days to find a gentleman that can communicate his points and information so well. I enjoyed listening and There's a lot of great information here.

I always glass bed my rifles. It's fun and takes out a lot of variables. I did my last rifle with JB Weld and Sno Seal leather wax as a release agent.👍👍👍👍

@rosswitte

5 ай бұрын

JB is easily the best material for bedding. Neutral shoe polish works good too for separation.

I like Ron because he is a true Professional! He knows his hunting, his rifle, his ammunition and he does not use profanity. Your children, grandchildren can watch Ron. Thanks, Ron!

Excellent job as per usual Joseph. Thanks for the high quality in depth tips. Your KZread apprenticeship as cohost of the Ron Spomer Outdoor Show

Joseph is a throw back . One would call him an old soul . Love his content . If you love everything about your rifle this doesn’t apply to you . But if you’re not happy with something , he covered almost everything . Can’t say enough about how a suppressor changed my X-bolt .300 Win Mag .

Excellent content Joseph. Im seriously considering taking the SDI courses to become a Gunsmith and this video just makes me want to get my education even more. Thanks.

Oh my goodness!..Whatever that’s about!..No matter, Right? I liked your clear descriptions of how you do these things and will put them beside my own. Thanks! Pop

On this Jan 1st just turned, I Just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year Ron. Keep up with all of your great content. Best wishes to you and your loved ones for this New Year. God Bless ✌️😎👍

Thanks Joseph! Very informative and helpful.

Ron - thanks for having Joseph join the show! Great session with very practical and sound tips to improve accuracy - along with wise advice about having a qualified expert gunsmith do the work any of us shouldn't do (if we're honest).

Great job, Joseph! Thanks, Ron, for having Joseph supplement your fine content.

@josephvonbenedikt7886

6 ай бұрын

Thanks @patchitwood7428 !

Good video!! I like how you mentioned up front 1) the action of the firearm and 2) shooter comfort in operating the gun. I've found that once those two issues have been addressed and range time put in, everything else is gravy on the taters.

All good recommendations. I also crown the muzzle and free float the barrel.

Good stuff!! Ty.. And practice, practice, practice!!!

Great info, thanks!

Thanks for the tips.

I've got a model 70 in 25-06 it has a BOSS on it. It's a great shooter it will put five shoots in a dime size spot.

I have had work done on all of my deer rifles with the exception of my Weatherbys. Trigger jobs and bedding the action. My Remington 700 LH started life as a .270 win. I had a gunsmith convert it to .300 win. Mag with a Krieger match grade barrel, pillar bedded the action, blue printed the action, custom muzzle brake and trigger and a Sako extractor. Shoots really well, sub MOA with factory ammo. I kept the original beautiful wood stock with the pistol grip cap and foreend cap. Original rifle was built in 1968.

Very informative! Thank you!!

In 1981 I did all these except for a suppressor to a 1978 Ruger 77 that I had a 26 inch stainless steel .30-06 match barrel installed on. It still shoots like a dream with 1/2 to 1 inch groups and I've gotten several dozen elk over the past 4 decades. I had a friend who was a mechanical engineer/machinist/model maker for a major manufacturer and an Olympic team shooter. He suggested using Ultrabrite toothpaste instead of lapping compound for smoothing the bolt because it was easier to clean up. I don't know if Ultrabrite is still the same formulation, but it worked great for me.

Iosso bore paste works fine for polishing the bolt as you mention. Many already have that among their cleaning supplies.

Great tips. One of these days i am going to try bedding a rifle. Maybe my M48 Yugo Mauser, since it is not really a collector's item. One thing to point out is that some aftermarket stocks come with pillar bedding or an aluminum bedding block installed. I love laminated wood, so i tend to pay attention to Boyd's and Stocky's.

Thanks Joseph. Good info and...nice hat!

I have two rifles both wooden stocks that shoot 1/2 MOA, never bedded either of these. Scared to change them. I've bedded other rifles that didn't shoot and had great results though.

Good info .

I once had a Browning AB3 in 270 WSM. A cheap plastic gun. It shot Federal factory hunting rounds amazingly well! Practically put all shots in the same hole at 100 yards, all day long! Like a dummy I sold it because I just couldn't learn to like the slick plastic stock😮

@austinanderson8485

6 ай бұрын

Too bad 270 wsm is a great round one of the wsm that’s can use a short action and improve upon ballistics of its parent

I've got work to do but when i saw the rifle in the start i couldn't go past it. Leupold with that gold ring is just beautiful.

I have heard a lot of guys say that their Mosin Nagant 91/30 shoots more accurate with the bayonet on,,maybe true,,maybe not but maybe it's the harmonics you mentioned. I agree on the trigger pull ,,I have a Minchester Model 70 I hate the trigger on ,,it's a mid 2000's? Black Shadow and the trigger pull is awful ,,I've pulled more than 1 shot with it so it's sat for a few years now. I have been considering putting in a Timney trigger but my budget gets getting blown up and I can't purchase it yet..hopefully soon.

Good video Joseph!

Thank you 😊

I got a Sauer 100 in 308 after the 5.5x55 Swede fiasco. The bolt was horrible! I sat and just cycled the bolt for a couple 3 hours. Drove my wife a bit sensitive but much better now. The Tikka IMO is the best production rifle being made. Covers all the bases for accuracy.

I find the browning trigger crisp but heavy. Spring job fixes them up.

Polishing stuff I use, Lucas extreme duty gun polish I think that’s what’s is it called.

Tested triggerpull on my fn spr and was round 1.6lb from factory…bedded action and badger base…made for fbi hrt and absolutely drive nails..

@charlesmullins3238

6 ай бұрын

I’m sure you’ve shot one Joseph if yer a mod70 fan like myself…tank of an action and that fn barrel is 1” tapered to .980” 24” 1:12” 4 groove

You just need to buy Tikka, and everything will be there from the factory. Thank you so much for the broadcast and the cool content. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Good health and hunting luck.

@CharizardFan_og

6 ай бұрын

Yeah but he, the host, did say that he preferred an control feed action. I am in that same camp. Now there is nothing wrong with a push feed action like the Tikka, it is awesome. Just prefer a control feed that's all. 😀

@SamuraiAkechi

6 ай бұрын

@@CharizardFan_og Then it's a Winchester 70, I suppose.

@jasonfarley7990

6 ай бұрын

Tikkas are trash other than the action

@igorchumakov7584

6 ай бұрын

@@jasonfarley7990Happy new year! And good luck!

@jaywiebe7612

6 ай бұрын

​@@jasonfarley7990 you have apparently only shot about 2 Tikkas and one had 9000 rounds down the tube and the other had been used for a prybar. On average they're smoother and more accurate than anything else at that price point. I'm not knocking on browning or Remington or anyone else for that matter but to call Tikka junk is just coming from a place of ignorance.

What cheek pad/pack is that (with the foam inserts) please? Thanks!!

Shooting more often seems to help?

@edwardabrams4972

6 ай бұрын

Practice makes perfect🤔😳

A lot of gun's has a screw that you can adjust your trigger with a Browning A BOLT has a spring kit you can get for it. and it's not hard to put in.

What brand and or model buttstock pack is that? Can't seem to find one similar.

I own 2 Browning X Bolts. I hate the triggers and they don’t adjust very good. Tikka crushes they as far as triggers and how they adjust.

Another good stock pack is the triad tactical

The best thing I ever did, was wear hearing protection, while actually hunting. The kind you can hear stuff, but when the bang comes, it is not an ear splitter. Caused me to quit flinching, in anticipation of the bang.

Ed Bolian shrewdly negotiated a deal between the rifle and projectile

Ron found a time machine i see!

Is there any advantage to having a schnabel style muzzle other than looking kind of vintage and hanging on brush as you drag it thru the woods? Love the barrel band too.

@RonSpomerOutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Kurt, some say that bump of a Schnabel (German for nose or beak or bill, I believe) is just cosmetic. Others claim it was first used on rather short forends to provide a tactile indicator for forward hand position and to prevent sliding too far forward so as to grab a hot barrel. The slim taper before the Schnabel bump reduces weight a smidgeon and slims the grip surface. I have Schnabels on several rifles and shotguns and like the look and feel, but it's no big deal. Of course, this is not on the muzzle as you wrote, but on the forend tip of the stock. Cheers.

@Kurtdog63

6 ай бұрын

Ah. I thought the muzzle end was the schnabel. I think Winchester had a light bolt action carbine with the Schnabel forend back in the 80's? Great looking rifle.@@RonSpomerOutdoors

@RonSpomerOutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Yes you're thinking of the M70 Featherweight. It had a Schnabel forend and still does. My favorite factory stock. But the muzzle is the very end of the barrel, not the stock. Sometimes the field of firearms needs a clearer definition of terms. @@Kurtdog63

You yanks need to catch on to over barrel suppressors they will only add 3-4 inches to the end of the muzzle

I want that Hawkeye African.

Excellent video and great advice. As I watched I thought that you neglected the obvious, which is to keep the bore clean. Those "experts" that claim that they never clean their bore or wait until it loses accuracy are foolish IMHO. Why do competitive shooters clean on average after every 10 shots or so? Think of it this way - a pound of gun powder equals 7,000 grains. If each cartridge (example, 223 Remington) load is 25 grains, it means you are burning 1 pound of powder through the barrel (carbon, etc.) every 280 rounds. With larger calibers like 300WM we're talking less than 100 rounds. The point is, even 0.001 inch carbon buildup inside your chamber and bore not only affects the mechanical operation of your rifle, it changes the pressure inside the chamber. And we know what could happen with excessive pressure buildup.

@chrisgunsandguitars1403

6 ай бұрын

I have to agree. One can keep his bore consistently clean. They cannot keep it consistently fouled. I wouldn't want to be at a match when "my accuracy starts to fall off" reminding me it's time to clean.

@RonSpomerOutdoors

6 ай бұрын

Each shooter can and should clean bores to whatever degree makes him/her comfortable. I've not seen evidence that all or even most competitive shooters clean after every 10 shots or so. Many of today's popular shooting events require dozens of shots with no time for cleaning anything. But you raise an interesting point about carbon buildup. Does it continue to increase shot by shot, or do subsequent bullets "scrape" away each new layer to a general consistency? I've seen no evidence that chamber pressures rise dramatically, if at all, in heavily fouled bores. I've shot some rifles as many as 200 times without cleaning the bore and without detecting any obvious increased pressure signs or loss of accuracy. On the other hand, I have many barrels that shoot to a different point of impact with freshly cleaned barrels, some settling down after one fouling shot, others not until 3 or 4.

@RonSpomerOutdoors

6 ай бұрын

I don't know, Chris. One could keep his bore consistently clean by cleaning down to bare metal after each shot, but beyond that, consistency changes with each new layer of carbon and copper/gilding metal. The fact that target shooters, including benchrest champs, fire at least five shots between bore scrubbings, suggests "consistently fouled" may be possible. @@chrisgunsandguitars1403

@mqeqeshe1

6 ай бұрын

If you have an inexpensive factory barrel you should clean it often. Hand-lapped barrels that you find on custom or higher end factory guns don’t require cleaning as often (or maybe not at all) to maintain accuracy.

@chrisgunsandguitars1403

6 ай бұрын

@@RonSpomerOutdoors I agree with you Ron on your example. Those benchrest shooters are quite particular on shot counts between cleaning. However, those PRS guy's are often firing hundreds of shots over several weekends, and are often the ones who say they don't clean until accuracy falls off. If it works for them fine. Eric Cortina had that very discussion with a PRS guy. Love your podcasts!

I use a sledge Hammer, Hacksaw and a Grinder. If these three tools can't get it done nothing can . 😆

Ok, real question! Where do you and Ron get your flannels from?

@josephvonbenedikt7886

6 ай бұрын

Best shirts are Pendleton wool! I like the cowboy-cut ones with snaps best. The one I'm wearing in this video is a cheap cotton plaid from a local farm store.

You forgot a critical step. I like to call it “get good”

Done that with my K98k ;)

Just buy a tikka/sako. Stock triggers are as good as any trigger on the market

Suppressor s are illegal here. Thanks anti gunners/ james bond films! Lol

@thelittledetailscr7231

6 ай бұрын

Hello fellow Californian.

Suppressors are not allowed in Canada. Breaks are.

Ron Spomer Jr. says.

But Aaron at Gunwerks said that anyone that uses adjustable cheek riser does not know how to shoot.

Rattly old Ruger !

All five tips should be practice Because you’re never gonna get good unless you actually try

Or you can just get a Howa 1500

@edwardabrams4972

6 ай бұрын

🤔😳😂

@edwardabrams4972

6 ай бұрын

Howa’s are good rifles for their price range but far from the best! 60+ year gun collector and hunter! Tikka is another in the same price range!

@chrisp308

6 ай бұрын

@@edwardabrams4972 I have heard negative things about Tikka, the older ones I hear are of the best quality

@userJohnSmith

6 ай бұрын

And what groups can you typically hold?

@chrisp308

6 ай бұрын

@@userJohnSmith what groups can I hold or what groups can the.rifle accomplish? I'm not sure what you are asking or even who

1. Use a good rifle. Use good ammunition. 3. Practice shooting.

Why are you suddenly dressed like Roy Underhill from The Woodwright’s Shop tv show? Don’t you usually wear a cowboy hat?🤔

@BrokenBarBox

6 ай бұрын

Gotta be honest, how a man I’ve never met dresses has never bothered me

@MydicHertz

6 ай бұрын

@@BrokenBarBox Same here.. But when someone is providing me information on a potentially dangerous subject, like maybe firearms. And then one day appears to be acting and dressing like a different person, it causes me to question the validity of the information he’s providing me..

@MydicHertz

6 ай бұрын

@@BrokenBarBoxMystery solved! It’s apparently his TWIN brother!

@BrokenBarBox

6 ай бұрын

@@MydicHertz so someone wears a different colored shirt to the office and now we need to double check his work. Sure. That doesn’t sound crazy at all…..

@josephvonbenedikt7886

6 ай бұрын

Same type checkered shirts as always, fellas. Just wearing the wool cap I got in Scotland this summer and a canvas apron to keep gun grease off me...

Algorithm

doesn't look like a DIY job to put a suppressor on the end of that particular rifle

Lost all credibility when he said that heavy ass browning trigger was one of the best😂😂😂

@josephvonbenedikt7886

6 ай бұрын

Browning X-Bolt triggers are easy to adjust. ;) Just turn the screw in all the way to compress the coil spring, then back it out until it's the weight you like. Voila! a crisp, light trigger. Done dozens of them.

05 tips should just be called practice

:-)…..

Gunsmith?...I don't need no stinking gunsmith...

browning has a terrible trigger. My tikkas have a superior trigger and they are cheaper rifles. The best factory rifle you can buy is a tikka t3x They shoot lights out. They have a adjustable 2.5-5.5lb trigger silky smooth action and the same cold forged hammered barrel you get on a 2000 plus dollar sako. Do yourself a favor guys and buy your rifles made in Finland

Why not just buy a bergara, my bergara wilderness ridge has always been around a half inch at 100 yards right out of the box

@BrokenBarBox

6 ай бұрын

I swear someone has to make this same comment on every single gun video

You should have hired a gunsmith to mount that scope. If you mount it any higher you’ll be able to shoot it from the hip. BTW. Will that Browning shoot 730 Yards?

@CharizardFan_og

6 ай бұрын

Technically any center fire rifle will shoot 730 yards if you know your exact range and dope

@drakeslocum2564

6 ай бұрын

What’s your problem? This man has done nothing to you.

You lost me at this is a cuctom rifle

Hopefully his brother watches these shows. He might learn something

@bikedeefer

6 ай бұрын

I can't get over that story. . .what a contrast in character between the two of them. . .

@whoshotashleybabbitt4924

6 ай бұрын

*rim shot*

@Heinrich_STG44

6 ай бұрын

What's the controversy?

@awsomedude12345678

6 ай бұрын

Found the vindictive ashloe in the comments

@msquared9605

6 ай бұрын

@@awsomedude12345678found the brown nose

The first 5 should be to practice.

@josephvonbenedikt7886

6 ай бұрын

Hey, this is titled "... to make your RIFLE shoot better!" Not how to become a better shooter.

Poor advice. If your rifle is functioning fine and fits you, ignor all of this.

@BrokenBarBox

6 ай бұрын

Poor advice. If you’re enjoying this video, ignore this comment

@jk-kr8jt

6 ай бұрын

@@BrokenBarBox 🤣🤣🤣🤣 obviously yours is the worst advice ever given on the internet. 🤣🤣🤣

When I come to see Ron and I see you I Unsubscribe.

@drakeslocum2564

6 ай бұрын

Ron’s still on the channel. Joseph is just an occasional addition. I find Joseph to be of great knowledge and experience, he might not have been hunting as long as Ron, but he knows his stuff better than most people

@BrokenBarBox

6 ай бұрын

If this is all it takes to make the water in your head tilt, I genuinely feel bad for you