I had an interesting conversation with a guy today. He asked me what I considered the most important factors in accuracy of a rifle. Forget the scope, mounts, ammo....just the most important baselines for developing a truly accurate rifle.

He gave my five choices:

Quality of Barrel
Good Trigger
Perfect Crown
Stress Free Bedding
Trued Action

He wanted me to list them 1. through 5. He and I debated for a while and I enjoyed the talk. We both had valid points for our choices.

In order of most important to least important, mine were;
1. Stress Free Bedding
2. Good Trigger
3. Perfect Crown
4. Trued Action
5. Quality of Barrel

How would you rate them 1 - 5?


I enjoy handguns and I really like shotguns,...but I love rifles!