My question is,
Could the twist rate of my 243, and 7-08 ruin the accuracy of the guns?
I ask the question first, in case you want to skip to the end,,,
The only type rifle I have ever enjoyed owning is the Remington 700 BDL Varmint Special,
I bought the first one in 1974,, but, I went to college, needed money, a professor at college bought the gun,
That first one was a 22-250, and was a 350 yard tack driver,,
A decade later, I finally had enough money to replace it, but, I bought the #2 Varmint Special in 243 Winchester.
Two years later, I was at a gun show, the guy had a NIB Varmint Special in 7-08,, for $225,, it came home.
Then, probably around 1993, I walked into Greentops Sporting Goods Near Richmond VA,
They had all the guns that came from that years Shot Show, including the first ever made Model 700 Sendero.
The Sendero is VERY similar to a Varmint Special, except it has a synthetic stock, and black barrel, rather than blued.
They had all calibers, I bought the 300 Win Mag.
Later, I found out (by calling Remington with a question about the Sendero) that the stack of guns Greentops had were handmade for the Shot Show.
The Sendero has a HS Precision stock, and some big name barrel,, and, a Remington receiver,,
The Sendero shoots, literally, one hole groups at 100 yards.
Well, having bought that Sendero pushed me to try to get the 243, and 7-08 to shoot accurately.
I figured if I could make reloads for 300 Win Mag that were super accurate, I could get the other two to shoot better than 1" at 100 yards.
I failed,, actually, my reloads were so bad, that both the 243 and 7-08 shot factory ammo better than any reloads I could come up with.
The one thing I never considered was twist rate (we did not have much of an access to the internet back then.).
So, How should I start over trying to get these two guns to be accurate?
Do I measure the twist rate, then choose a bullet from some chart somewhere?
NOTE: I feel the twist rate must be the issue,, I tried EVERYTHING else, and I tried those things for years,,
I never considered bullet weight, I just bought whatever the LGS had that week,,
I am ready to have a go at the accuracy of these two guns ,,
Where should I start??