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We have been talking about accuracy and economics. There is another way to achieve accuracy, a barrel tuner. When a rifle is fired the barrel vibrates like a tuning fork. What is thought is you wont the bullet to exit the barrel when the barrel is at a stop in it’s vibration. I say thought because nobody can prove it but what you can prove is they work. Tuners have a weight system that can be moved to change the vibration. You move the weight a little each group and you start to see the groups start to get larger or smaller. You move the weight until the groups have got to their smallest size and then start to increase.
Center fire benchrest shooters don’t need to do this. They tune their rifles by changing loads at the range as they shoot. This is why it’s better to work up a load at the range. But rimfire shooters can’t. Their ammunition is set so they use a rimfire tuner. 25 years ago no one used a rimfire tuner. Today there is no need to even show up at a rimfire match without a tuner. These tuners move the weight .001 inch per click and one click will make a difference.
Lynwood
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