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    My ex-east experiences

    The only 2 guns I have brought ex-east have been nightmares my Parker Hale 1200 Safari Grade 22/250 was as you say "shoot - by jove it can shoot bloody accurate rifle in good nik...." so I brought it for $750 got it here and the group at 100m was a dinner plate as I had previously owned a PH 1200 Safari Grade 22/250 the accuracy was not there that one was stolen along with a Lithgowicon 1945 MkIII.
    So I had a re-crown $100 same dinner plate bit the bullet new barrel waited 6 months for a 1-12TR Bartlein 28" tube (Frank from Bartlein is a really good chap helped me heaps) so that was fitted for an all up $1,000 (see where this is headed?) now I have found out the accuiracy is still not under 1.0MOA/100 why the old gunsmith put a long throat on the chamber and when I sat the rounds at 2.350" COAL they were jumping @200-thou!
    Now the pills are barely in the case with a 20 thou jump making me wonder about their concentricity after they have hit the feed ramp as it still wont group and I have all the bells and whistles for setting jumps, trimming, turning, uniforming, shoulder measuring & bumping and so on till the cows come home??
    So now it is a case chop 1/4" off the chamber end re-reaming with a standard throat and go from there my wife has named it "The Black Hole Rifle" as money disappears very fast with it.

    My T is also ex east from a friend (sadly the deal cost a friendship) who did not miss me in price but same same this had a 20moa at a 100 with my hand loads pulled the gun down after discovered by accident it was rocking on the trigger guard screw front even though it was rock tight, when I got the bottom fore stock off the draws were smashed to pieces literally so Ken Davis the Master Stock-maker fixed it with a method he devised for such an issue it will never again need the draws fixing. So that was an extra $250 ontop of the all up $6,900.00 the rifle cost with a very solid aluminium transport case.
    Purists may cringe at the idea but from my side who cares because I will be long gone before they ever need doing again

    Nice assortment of weaponry you have can see your dilemma..........
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