Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Originally Posted by PennDog
Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Originally Posted by K22
Originally Posted by drover
The odd thing about it is that on the 452/455 models they used a nice finish that let the wood grain show, why they went to the mud finish on the 457 is beyond me. The only reason that I can come up with is that they are saving manhours by not filling pores ands hoping that the mud finish will make it less noticable.

I have looked at six 457 American models and they all exhibited the same finish as yours - it's too bad that they are cutting corners on the stock finish.

drover

If I find a Premium stock before start unmuddying this one, I won't even bother making this one look normal.

Today I braved the weather just to see how well this rifle would shoot. It was 22 degrees. shocked Not normal temp. for this area, oh and that was the high for today. I only took out two loads. RWS Subsonics, my favorite, and Sellier and Bellot subsonic. I use the Sellier's to get on paper normally when setting up a scope because I never have much luck with it shooting small groups. First thing I noticed is cold fingers don't work so well inserting the magazine and the mag. is not very forgiving like the Sako or Kimbers are. Then that trigger mad I will definitely have to work on it ........a lot. It was so spongy and 3.5 - 3.25lbs. is way to heavy for me.
Now for the main event, accuracy........Nada. Could have been the weather, the trigger, or me, but my oh my this one has a long way to go. Feeding and ejecting were flawless so that is a plus.
I was shooting at 50yds. and only snapped a photo of the groups, so no writing on the paper. The left group was the Sellier and Bellot and the 2 groups right of it was the RWS. I shot 5 shot groups.

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Probably a combination of everything going on there. Now you have a baseline. It can only get better from here on out. A little trigger work, a little bedding, warmer weather and finding some ammo it likes, and you'll get it dialed in.

I was at a longrange shoot today, that is east of me, and I stopped by a store there. They had a 22 magnum for $579.00, but the stock looked just like yours. Next time I head west and go to some of my favorite fun shops, I'm going to be looking for the ones I saw a while back. I might snag one of them, if they are still there.

Yep a lot going on and pressing didn’t help either. Also for what’s it’s worth I took a Remington 40X sporter to the range for the first time and my first several groups looked like these ones - I was thinking I spent what for THIS rifle - then after about 20-30 shots it started putting them in the same hole😎…..since then I’ve had this same thing happen with many a “new” rifle……this rifle will shoot for you!

PennDog

p.s. forgot to mention the “settling in” seems to be a longer process in colder temps - assuming the lube is an issue when very cold?

I wonder how many guys have seen issues with accuracy due to the lube not working properly when it is very cold outside? I was shooting the other day, in 20 degree temps and was getting some weird results with a new rifle and TAC22. It seemed to slow the velocity down too because I could see the bullet in flight. Almost like a slow BB gun.

There's always that possibility. I should have shot the Rem. to see, it would have told me.