Reassembly and trigger adjustment done, our craftsman holds the finished article seen


of the process, also answering my endless ‘ignorant layman’s’ questions, not to mention getting in his way to take photographs. The basic tune-up as described takes around two hours and costs £90 if nothing seriously wrong has to be rectified or parts replaced. Threading the muzzle increases the work-time by somewhat but, as noted, only incurs a modest extra cost when the barrel has had to be removed from the receiver and set up in the lathe anyway – it obviously costs a lot more if this is the only work being done.


So, I’ve got a rifle whose bolt now operates more smoothly even if the short operating


28 Target Shooter


handle and oval ‘fly’s eye’ knob means I still can’t whip it open and closed. The trigger is no longer horrendously heavy, albeit ‘liveable with’ rather than ‘good’ but I am spoilt by 1lb trigger pull settings on my F/TR rifles and a Jewell BR trigger on my other 6mm BR Remy 700 set at a mere 2-ounces! The rifle did ‘feel nicer’ testing handloads on the bench, even supported up front by a Harris swivel bi-pod whose feet were on a rubber car mat rather than a mechanical front-rest. The big 8-32 power Fox Firearms Chinese made scope had now been replaced by an elderly (Japanese manufactured) Tasco 6-24x44 target scope, so I was losing out on magnification, potentially


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