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 collect Ruger #1's, which are notoriously fussy about accuracy. But I have learned when they have good barrels, they suddenly are a lot less fussy. Ditto Kimbers
Life is much easier with good barrel
So:
1. Barrel
2. Barrel
3. Barrel
4. Other stuff on the rifle
5. Trigger
