All good points. These are all things people overlook when picking up a hunting rifle. I go far more indepth than that these days but i put my rifles together myself according to the intended applications. Very good points on scope mounting specs but don't forget eye relief and how it changes person to person and scope to scope and if you will be shooting while standing, bench, or prone
Great feed back sir, thank you. What else do you do? Be interested to see your check list. Probably see a few things I should add to mine. Thanks again
@@MastGunWorks like you addressed, scope setup is the big 1. Should double check that no screws are loose. I usually blue locktite all screws. At least scope mount screws since that seems to always come loose for everyone. Oh and check if the free floated barrel is actually free floated or touching somewhere by sliding paper under the barrel. More in depth stuff would be I think it's important to get your cheek hight correct by either different height scope rings or a cheek riser. And I usually change my trigger weight depending on if it's a hunting rifle or not but that's more of personal preference and I always keep safety in mind when doing that.
@@1badombre82 Good stuff man. Yeah we’re on the same page. You definitely pointed out 1 or 2 things I’m going to start checking though. You ever check head space? I’ve kicked it around, but haven’t unless it’s an AR or AR style.
@@MastGunWorks I don't check headspace on everything but I did on my 308 bolt actions because they are easy to adjust and because companies like savage send them out with very large headspacing for hunters and I wanted to tighten that up. Especially on my precision rifles
All good points. These are all things people overlook when picking up a hunting rifle. I go far more indepth than that these days but i put my rifles together myself according to the intended applications. Very good points on scope mounting specs but don't forget eye relief and how it changes person to person and scope to scope and if you will be shooting while standing, bench, or prone
Great feed back sir, thank you. What else do you do? Be interested to see your check list. Probably see a few things I should add to mine. Thanks again
@@MastGunWorks like you addressed, scope setup is the big 1. Should double check that no screws are loose. I usually blue locktite all screws. At least scope mount screws since that seems to always come loose for everyone. Oh and check if the free floated barrel is actually free floated or touching somewhere by sliding paper under the barrel. More in depth stuff would be I think it's important to get your cheek hight correct by either different height scope rings or a cheek riser. And I usually change my trigger weight depending on if it's a hunting rifle or not but that's more of personal preference and I always keep safety in mind when doing that.
@@1badombre82 Good stuff man. Yeah we’re on the same page. You definitely pointed out 1 or 2 things I’m going to start checking though. You ever check head space? I’ve kicked it around, but haven’t unless it’s an AR or AR style.
@@MastGunWorks I don't check headspace on everything but I did on my 308 bolt actions because they are easy to adjust and because companies like savage send them out with very large headspacing for hunters and I wanted to tighten that up. Especially on my precision rifles