Rifle Accurising Services

At Terminal Ballistics Research we have become well known for taking poor performing rifles and turning them into highly accurate tools. Whether the hunter is contemplating buying a new or second hand rifle or wishes to build a custom rifle from the ground up, we offer a full build and accurizing service.

Custom builds are typically based on a suitable donor action (Remington/ Sako AV/ Howa etc), a True-Flite barrel, factory or aftermarket rifle stock, bedding, trigger work (or replacement) combined with Sightron or Nightforce optics. Test shooting and/or load development complete this service. Cost is very much dependent on the budget of the hunter versus the features the hunter wants incorporated into the build. Custom rifles normally cost between $2600 and up to $7000 if Nightforce optics are utilized (@+$3000).

Factory rifle accurizing involves bedding, stock stabilizing of plastic gun stocks, trigger alterations and shooting tests along with load development for reloaders.

Our accurising services are also built into hunting packages. Please see here for more information.

Accurising package:

Bed action
Stabilize plastic gun stock if necessary
Tune trigger to 2lb
Free float barrel
Test fire with supplied ammunition or reloading components

Price: $440 (plus cost of reloading consumables unless supplied)

Please note: Occasionally, rifles are found to have fundamental flaws in the metal work. If the metal work is at fault, the client will need to decide between trading the rifle (selling cheap as a project platform) or re-barreling and truing the action. We use True-Flite barrels exclusively. As always, the client has full control over all such decisions.

For further reading, please refer to our Resources tab. Two very helpful articles include ‘The ‘Dummies Guide to Rifle Accuracy’ and ‘Factory Rifles of 2008-2009’ which remains relative to current rifle designs.

Testimonials

I purchased a Savage 7mm08 rifle in 2008 and after much frustration, the best I could get it to group was approximately 12” at 100 yards. After having the rifle accurised, I was able to obtain .75” groups at 100 yards- what a difference. Recently, I shot goats at over 400 yards, all one shot kills. Thank you very much for accurising my rifle and helping me through what was initially a frustrating ordeal.
Ognish Ghoshal
Auckland

I own a synthetic stocked Mossberg ATR 100 rifle .270 caliber. The rifle was shooting approximately 1 to 1.5MOA but during the course of a hunt, the point of aim shifted, incredibly frustrating. Now that the rifle is accurised and the plastic stock stiffened, the rifle is averaging .675” at 100 yards with factory ammunition and achieving even better results with hand loads!
Malcolm Hurst
Auckland

Malcolm's Mossberg after bedding

I have been shooting a Tikka Laminate stainless .30-06 for both hunting but more so, now that I am older, for NZDA competition shoots and in any competition where light weight rifles are allowed. Since accurising, the Tikka now shoots 5mm centers at 100 yards with the 175 grain VLD. I am achieving placings in all of my shoots. Thank you very much for squeezing every ounce of accuracy potential out of the Tikka.
Arthur Williams
Taranaki

Hi Nathan.
It is nearly 12 months since you worked on my Howa/Hogue .308. I just wanted to update you. I am still rapt with it. Recently I shot an 8.3mm 3 shot group at 100m. (Hornady 150gr SST, 43gr AR2206H. I Just read you barrel break in article and really enjoyed it. Thank you for taking the time to share your hard won knowledge.
Thanks again mate.
Regards,
Dan Keene.
Central Otago.

(Note: This is the rifle seen in the MatchGrade bedding/ stabilizing tutorial pictures. NF.)