{"id":4058,"date":"2023-02-20T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/blog\/?p=4058"},"modified":"2025-01-14T21:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T21:49:52","slug":"improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To hear a 4th generation custom gun builder say \u201cNot everyone needs a custom gun\u201d shows the confidence Bobby Hart of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartcustomrifles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hart Custom Rifles<\/a> has in his shop to help anyone seeking to improve their accuracy no matter their budget. \u00a0\u201cThere are definite things you can do to a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/tag\/factory-gun\/\">factory gun<\/a> to help improve accuracy without changing out the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/riflescopes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"scope\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"228\">scope<\/a>, the barrel or the stock\u201d Bobby explains.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\"><div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p><span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" 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class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2\/#1_Lap_Bolt_Lugs\" >1) Lap Bolt Lugs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2\/#2_Touch-up_the_Crown_Adjust_the_Trigger\" >2) Touch-up the Crown & Adjust the Trigger<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2\/#3_Lapping_Your_Barrel\" >3) Lapping Your Barrel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2\/#4_Lap_Your_Scope_Rings\" >4) Lap Your Scope Rings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2\/#5_Bedding_Free_Floating_the_Barrel\" >5) Bedding & Free Floating the Barrel<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2\/#6_Install_Scope_Bore_Sight\" >6) Install Scope & Bore Sight<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2\/#Whats_Next\" >What's Next<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/improving-accuracy-of-a-factory-gun-2\/#A_little_bit_about_Bobby_Hart\" >A little bit about Bobby Hart<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bring_in_Your_Old_or_New_Factory_Gun\"><\/span>Bring in Your Old or New Factory Gun<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Bobby offers what he calls the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartcustomrifles.com\/gun-accurizing-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HART Accurizing Package<\/a> which is designed to improve the accuracy of a factory <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/rifle-shooting-and-academic-knowledge\/\">rifle<\/a> as well as help the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/tag\/shooter\/\">shooter<\/a> be much more consistent at the range.\u00a0 First thing his team will do is tear down your set-up for a complete evaluation to uncover any problems.\u00a0 He\u2019s discovered that a great deal of the accuracy problems are caused by \u201cover oiling\u201d. \u201cIt slows the spring tension down and your lock time.\u00a0 If the gun does go off, it won\u2019t give you a full charge so it\u2019s going to hit low or misfire\u201d states Bobby.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">After the full evaluation, his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartcustomrifles.com\/gun-accurizing-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accuracy Package<\/a>\u201d will include the following:<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Lap_Bolt_Lugs\"><\/span>1) Lap Bolt Lugs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Bobby states that if the\u201d bolt lugs are not in 100% contact when you fire the gun it torques.\u201d Relying on one lug will cause a misalignment with the chamber and produce poor results.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4059\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=47X_SCa6FtE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4059\" title=\"Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tractoptics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lap-Bolt-Lugs-1024x671.png\" alt=\"Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun\" width=\"571\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lap-Bolt-Lugs-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lap-Bolt-Lugs-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lap-Bolt-Lugs-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lap-Bolt-Lugs-458x300.png 458w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lap-Bolt-Lugs-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lap-Bolt-Lugs.png 1185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Bobby explains how the bolt is to slide into the action and when turned down it should lock vertically to the receiver with both lugs making contact.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">2) Touch-up the Crown &#038; Adjust the Trigger<\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Most of the triggers from factory guns are set at 7-8 pounds.\u00a0 Too heavy according to Bobby who personally recommends a nice and clean 3.5 pound trigger for greater accuracy.\u00a0 Booby explains how a 3.5 pound trigger is ideal, \u201dAs you get target acquisition you grab the trigger while concentrating on the cross hairs, you start to pull the trigger and it goes off.\u201d<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Lapping_Your_Barrel\"><\/span>3) Lapping Your Barrel<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\">This is a big deal for accuracy. If you have pitting within the barrel it\u2019s not going to engage and will give you poor bullet flight. \u00a0If your\u2019 old gun just doesn\u2019t shoot as well as it once did, you could have rust or copper build up in the throat area.\u00a0 Need\u2019s to be addressed if you want to improve accuracy!<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4063\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4063\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5-cvOAWXQpM&#038;t=8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4063\" title=\"Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tractoptics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lapping-Your-Scope-Rings.png\" alt=\"Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun\" width=\"555\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lapping-Your-Scope-Rings.png 984w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lapping-Your-Scope-Rings-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lapping-Your-Scope-Rings-768x560.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lapping-Your-Scope-Rings-411x300.png 411w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Lapping-Your-Scope-Rings-150x109.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure><h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Lap_Your_Scope_Rings\"><\/span>4) Lap Your Scope Rings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Bobby feels strongly that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5-cvOAWXQpM&#038;t=8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lapping your scope rings<\/a> is critical for the scope to sit parallel to the axis of the bore.\u00a0 By taking this extra step of lapping your rings, it will remove any misalignment so the rings are not distorting, bending and or damaging the scope&#8217;s internals as well as the tube and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/tag\/glass\/\">glass<\/a>. Bending the tube even slightly can change the way the parts fit internally and act on each other.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/47X_SCa6FtE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>In this video, Bobby takes you step by step through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartcustomrifles.com\/services\/rifle-accurizing-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HART Accurizing Process<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">5) Bedding &#038; Free Floating the Barrel<\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\">When you bed a rifle barrel you\u2019re physically marrying the action and the barrel to the stock.\u00a0 The only thing the screws are doing is holding the barreled action in place. No longer requiring the screws to hold left and right and longitudinally. Now the barrel is completely free floating so there is nothing to change the barrel harmonics.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4060\" style=\"width: 567px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0lzGzKBh_AE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4060\" title=\"Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tractoptics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3-Points-of-Bedding-1024x669.png\" alt=\"Improving the accuracy of a factory gun\" width=\"567\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/3-Points-of-Bedding-1024x669.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/3-Points-of-Bedding-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/3-Points-of-Bedding-768x502.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/3-Points-of-Bedding-459x300.png 459w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/3-Points-of-Bedding-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/3-Points-of-Bedding.png 1177w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun<\/figcaption><\/figure><p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>A gun vibrates 58-68,000 PSI and when bedded properly will come back like a tuning fork to a natural given harmonic<\/strong><\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">6) Install Scope &#038; Bore Sight<\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reinstalling the scope creating a secure stress free environment for the scope to perform as needed.<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">What&#8217;s Next<\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\">Stop by the shop in Nescopeck, PA or give them a call at 570-752-3655 or email: sales@rwhart.com.\u00a0 Bobby and the staff are ready to get your factory gun <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/hunting-with-a-muzzleloader\/\">shooting<\/a> better than ever!<\/p><h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">A little bit about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartcustomrifles.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobby Hart<\/a><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify\">He was born in to a family tradition of custom gun builders and gunsmiths. He now has taken over the lead role from his father, Wally Hart, at Robert W. Hart and Son Inc. as a 4th generation custom rifle builder. Located in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, this small, family run business is known world-wide to the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/tractoptics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"hunting\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"937\">hunting<\/a>, shooting, military and law enforcement industries. Some of Bob\u2019s credits include:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify\">5 Time Jr. Bench Rest Champion<br \/>1986 300YD Heavy Varmint Champ<br \/>2000 1000YD World Open Championship Light Gun<br \/>2001 IBS 1000YD International Championships High Score<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improving Accuracy of a Factory Gun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2255,2257,2265,2273],"tags":[2522,2628,2797,2958,3032,3189],"class_list":["post-4058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extra-topics","category-how-to-fix-adjust","category-rifle-scope","category-tractoptics","tag-bobby-hart","tag-factory-gun","tag-hunting","tag-optics","tag-rifle-scope","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11368,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4058\/revisions\/11368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tract-optics.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}