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FN in MT
I'd spend some money #1 on getting the action trued up and sorted out.
In my opinion it's senseless to screw a good barrel into an action that will then wobble in the stock, bolt lugs not fitted as well as possible, etc.
YMMV but I found that starting with the CORE piece of the machine...the action, then moving out from there ; trigger work, bedding action to a stable stock, etc. Gave me my most accurate rifles for the least amount of time and expense.
I have a few buddies who are big on wildcat cartridges which means they rebarrell a lot. Twice in the past several years I bought take off barrels that they claimed "did not shoot". I had my smith (same guy they use) install first a 7mm chambered into a .280 into a trued and straight 700 LA. Dropped it into an HS Precison stock, checked fit with some blue, ended up adding a skim of Acra-glass here and there.
My first groups out of that gun at 200 yds were .950" and .920" for five shots. With standard 154 gr Hornady's.
Point of my story....Both of my friends are impatient. They also claim they don't think having the action gone through is worth the wait time or the money. I believe they are VERY misinformed.
FN in MT
I suspect the other part of that equation is that they were trying to drive some of those loads too hard. I've always been impressed with people who can run relatively slow, low impulse loads with sanely priced projectiles and instead run enough rounds that they KNOW the drop and can outshoot me handily. I also know enough to realize I'm a lot like your friends, and will try and get a mathematically perfect rifle and be grumpy at how little I can do with it.
YF:
Truing the action, having any kind of decent barrel on it, and bedding it correctly is plenty of mechanical accuracy. Good glass and a good trigger are on my must-do list, because I know I'm the weak link in that equation, if nothing else it's nice to have and helps eliminate the variable of 'where is that error coming from'. Anything else is usually diminishing returns cash spent from everything I've seen, at best.
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