Just published another new article - How to Break in a Rifle Barrel.

The subject of breaking in a rifle barrel is one of the most misunderstood aspects of the shooting sports. Often treated as a mysterious procedure, it seems that one almost needs to become a member of a ritual bound esoteric cult in order to achieve the desired results. In reality however, breaking in a barrel is quite a simple operation.

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MatchGrade Bedding Products are a new range of  products that have been specifically designed, developed and tested by Terminal Ballistics Research in conjunction with a leading New Zealand polymer resin manufacturer.

For optimum accuracy, a rifle should always be bedded at the action and beginning of the barrel. Along with bedding, the barrel should always be free floated (not touching the stock forend). Nevertheless, regardless of efforts to free float the barrel, plastic rifle stocks often suffer forend flexing. In some instances, flexing will cause direct pressure against the rifle barrel, in other cases, the stress is indirect. In either case, these stresses upset barrel harmonics with a drastically negative effect on rifle accuracy.

See the following links for more information:

• Matchgrade Bedding Products
• Matchgrade Synthetic Stock Stabiliser Instructions
• How to Bed a Riflle with MatchGrade Bedding Compound
• Article - What is Rifle Bedding?

To go with the release of our new MatchGrade Bedding Products, I have published a new article - What is Rifle Bedding?

Rifle bedding is fundamental to rifle accuracy. The term bedding refers to the fit and stability of a barreled action within the rifle stock. If the fit and stability of the metal work in relationship to the stock is poor, the rifle will be in-accurate. Bedding a rifle with a polymer resin is the optimum method of obtaining a correct fit, long term stock stability and optimum rifle accuracy.

To find out more about rifle bedding, you can read the full article here.

Have just published another new article - 'The Dummies Guide to Rifle Accuracy'

As a hunting guide, the biggest problem I am faced with (besides locating game) is in-accurate rifles. Before each hunt I advise clients that long shots of around 300 yards are very common on our hunting blocks. I then ask each client to check their rifles carefully to ensure that the rifle is both accurate and zeroed appropriately for the ranges we will encounter.

Unfortunately we are finding that eighty percent of the rifles brought here for hunting aren’t capable of even basic accuracy. Think about that, for every ten rifles you are seeing on the gun store walls, two, at most, will be accurate and these, in my experience have been more of a fluke than good management.

Of the in-accurate rifles that come here, some have been brand new high end several thousand dollar jobs, others have been basic production sporting rifles. Some clients have had to give up after their rifle shot all over the target at the range and use one of our back up rifles for their hunt.

The latest article talks about what is an accurate rifle and how you can know whether your rifle is accurate or not.  You can read the full article here.