Have a Remington 700 XCR 300wsm that absolutely would not hold groupings well at all: over 5 inch scatters. Took a few hundred dollars in ammo, time, swapping scopes, etc. to figure it out. I finally had Gander Mtn. send it back for meto them (Remington) to evaluate.

Remingtonlapped the barrel and reamed the muzzle (whatever that means...recrowned?) to "factory standards/specs" according to their return slip.

Does anyone know what that standard would be? Does it mean that this gun may shoot a 3 inch group at 100 yards, or is there a definitive acceptance (e.g. less than 1 1/2" at 100 yards)that they would have before allowing a gun to leave the doors? Will lapping the barrel make that much of a difference (improvement)in accuracy? As you can understand, I'm frustrated with spending all this money and time on something when I'd rather have just gotten a new rifle to deal with it!!

Thanks in advance for your time.