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<blockquote data-quote="KurtM" data-source="post: 4190501" data-attributes="member: 6064">Well crown looks good. I would think if you tried 13 different types of ammo a few of them would have been good quality soooo....... If the barrel isn&#039;t loose by grabbing it and shaking it by hand it isn&#039;t going to get better by torquing the barrel properly. It doesn&#039;t matter how much play is between the upper and lower, it doesn&#039;t matter much about headspace unless it is dropping out primers, or any of the other &quot;fixes&quot; that have been bandied about.Recrowning costs around 75-120 depending on who and where, and from the sounds of it, it probably won&#039;t fix it. A new good quality barrel is around 250-400 depending on what or who you go with. After trying to salvage questionable barrels a few times I came to the conclusion of if it doesn&#039;t shoot well right away with a good grade of ammo, yank it out and get another one. Life is too short to be wasting time screwing around with trying to get it to shoot, and more than likely be out the cost of all the stuff you tried to make it shoot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KurtM, post: 4190501, member: 6064"] Well crown looks good. I would think if you tried 13 different types of ammo a few of them would have been good quality soooo....... If the barrel isn't loose by grabbing it and shaking it by hand it isn't going to get better by torquing the barrel properly. It doesn't matter how much play is between the upper and lower, it doesn't matter much about headspace unless it is dropping out primers, or any of the other "fixes" that have been bandied about. Recrowning costs around 75-120 depending on who and where, and from the sounds of it, it probably won't fix it. A new good quality barrel is around 250-400 depending on what or who you go with. After trying to salvage questionable barrels a few times I came to the conclusion of if it doesn't shoot well right away with a good grade of ammo, yank it out and get another one. Life is too short to be wasting time screwing around with trying to get it to shoot, and more than likely be out the cost of all the stuff you tried to make it shoot. [/QUOTE]

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