ORIGINAL: Doegirl75
Cataway: I can't help but to think that your gun just does not like powerbelts. I don't know if it is worth your time and the voided warranty to cut the QLA off so you can use Powerbelts. If cutting off the QLA does not solve the accuracy problem, then what are you going to do? I would seriously consider using saboted bullets instead. My humble 2cents.
It takes a well belt barrel to shoot conicals. Its not a mystery. You have to start with a pre-rifled bore of a consistent bore diameter and then you have to rifle the bore so that the groove diameter is of tight tolerance. If you don't have that, it probably won't shoot conicals well (This is apparantly Txhunter58's problem).
The QLA is another matter, but it is such a simple matter. How can the production be so imprecise that a single person purchase 3 rifles with QLA's that far off?
The whole affair is sad. We can't use sabots here and Txhunter can't on his hunting trip. But what if he could but "didn't want to"? When a person forks out the money it takes to buy an encore or an omega, he shouldn't be told, and by the way, "it may suck at shooting conicals but that's perfectly OK with us, just use T/C brand sabots and everthing will be OK"
Happy Hunting, Phil