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    Quote Originally Posted by Againstthegrains View Post
    Can you please explain what bushing is in layman's terms? I have a friend who uses small rifle primers in his 6.5 Creedmoore and has pitting issues at what I would think are safe loads.
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    I have for the life of me been pondering this as well. I have tried every way of thought to no avail.

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    Perhaps this is an explanation?


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    Quote Originally Posted by AJR View Post
    Perhaps this is an explanation?

    yep spot on. My firing pin seemed to be hitting off centre and cratering. I only ever had one primer pierced on a medium load. Had GunWarrior modify it by bushing it and now the problem is gone.

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    Been battling to get my Howa .308 bull to group. Scope is tight etc.
    Shots 1 and 2 are decent, the 3rd is ALWAYS a flyer. The barrel is most definitely not free floated, tried the old trick of sliding a piece of paper between the barrel and stock, fouls really badly.
    Been told it's the Hogue stock that's to blame, you fellas agree?
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    Your stock needs some work from some one who knows Howa Voodoo, that stock is doing the Howa thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ryanvs View Post
    Been battling to get my Howa .308 bull to group. Scope is tight etc.
    Shots 1 and 2 are decent, the 3rd is ALWAYS a flyer. The barrel is most definitely not free floated, tried the old trick of sliding a piece of paper between the barrel and stock, fouls really badly.
    Been told it's the Hogue stock that's to blame, you fellas agree?
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    My problem was that I used a bipod. It pushed the stock against the barrel. I have the basic Hogue rubber stock.

    Used a dremel to take away a lot of the material on the stock itself.

    I used 2 steel rods that i epoxied into the forend.

    Works great now.


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    Aluminium angle iron (used in framing adverts etc) hammered slightly open works wonders in all directions of stress if laid in epoxy.
    There are more than one thread on this subject.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grobbie View Post
    My problem was that I used a bipod. It pushed the stock against the barrel. I have the basic Hogue rubber stock.

    Used a dremel to take away a lot of the material on the stock itself.

    I used 2 steel rods that i epoxied into the forend.

    Works great now.


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    I agree with Gobbie. Howa rifles are inherently very accurate. A short term fix would be to to add a slight spacer under the front lug. x-ray film or even a layer or 2 of plastic from a 2l coke bottle. This needs to be tightened down well. it lifts the barrel off the stock. Also file down / dremel down any high spots on the stock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gary-t View Post
    I agree with Gobbie. Howa rifles are inherently very accurate. A short term fix would be to to add a slight spacer under the front lug. x-ray film or even a layer or 2 of plastic from a 2l coke bottle. This needs to be tightened down well. it lifts the barrel off the stock. Also file down / dremel down any high spots on the stock.
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    it will need to be some spacer that, that for-end moves enough that you would have to space it right out into the "ugly rifle" zone .
    Done that while testing answers for the plastic stock problems, works well on wooden stocks sometimes though.

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    Oddly, I had put some hard PET plastic on each lug which raised the barrel up by 0.5mm, however it actually made the groups worse. I really love the feel of the Hogue stock but can't deal with the scattering of ammo anymore. Ordered a Smoking Guns Stock today.

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