Stupid way to fail...
A guy brought in another Fierce and asked if I could get it to shoot or do load dev for it.
I told him my previous experiences with Fierce to set his expectations but said I could give it a try.
First I shot it as he brought it to assess current precision. (front target)
Then I tore it apart, the first thing i noticed was no bedding, zero. Fierce usually beds just the lug.
So, I bedded the action, degreased everything and put it back together with thread locker and torqued accordingly.
The back target is after bedding. I shot the 160CX and quit at 3 since it was apparent it wasn't going to shoot those.
Then shot the Precision Hunter 175 ELDX- 6 into ¾" was a pleasant surprise.
I picked up a box of 180 ELDM Match ammo to try also.
not great but it would work.
So even though this ended in success, Fierce could have just bedded their $3,000 rifle in the first place.
A guy brought in another Fierce and asked if I could get it to shoot or do load dev for it.
I told him my previous experiences with Fierce to set his expectations but said I could give it a try.
First I shot it as he brought it to assess current precision. (front target)
Then I tore it apart, the first thing i noticed was no bedding, zero. Fierce usually beds just the lug.
So, I bedded the action, degreased everything and put it back together with thread locker and torqued accordingly.
The back target is after bedding. I shot the 160CX and quit at 3 since it was apparent it wasn't going to shoot those.
Then shot the Precision Hunter 175 ELDX- 6 into ¾" was a pleasant surprise.
I picked up a box of 180 ELDM Match ammo to try also.
not great but it would work.
So even though this ended in success, Fierce could have just bedded their $3,000 rifle in the first place.
