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Blackhawk 44 you poor fellow. I can sense you are living in fear of the forends falling off. Still you didn't pay much for them.  Regards JohnT | ||
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Quote: I have one of the old steel BLRs in .358 Win. Picked it up secondhand and it would not shoot worth a damn. I loosened up that foreend and now it shoots sub MOA with factory ammo. Sometimes, loose ain't so bad. There was just too much binding on the barrel so I free floated the barrel, which made the foreend loose. The rifle went from four and five inch patterns down to .75 to .90" groups. I figure that was a reasonable trade off. Neat rifle, and a good companion to my three other .358 Win. rifles. Paul B. | |||
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My old pre 81 .358 shoots under one inch and it's forend is tight. | |||
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Quote: Mike. My problem was it was tight because it was binding on one side. When I free floated it, it ended up loose. I may try experimenting to see if I can keep it from rattling, but I won't give up those braggin' groups the rifle is giving me. The only rifle in .358 I have that outshoots it is my Svage 99. The two Ruger 77s don't come anywhere near the two lever guns. One, restocked with a McMillan does reasonably well, but the one Ruger that is still "strictly stock" is a bit of a dog. It just might end up on a table, someday. never can tell. Paul B. | |||
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