rubber bumper or not

[JRuby]

I was gifted a very nice rifle in 6.5-06AI - It is on a FN Mauser Supreme action with a #4 Apex imperial barrel. It has a rubber bumper on the barrel. I have never shot a rifle with one of these bumpers before. What are the thoughts on these bumpers. Kind of ugly on such a beautiful rifle. I hand load so the question is do I need to use the bumper?

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[VinnieBoomBah]

Guessing you mean a barrel tuner like this one. Do you need it? Probably not, but depending on your load and accuracy expectations it might help

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[orygun]

Just like the Browning/Winchester BOSS, it can be tuned to find a sweet spot that can improve groups. I'd rather tune the load to the rifle than have either one of those "tuners" anywhere near a rifle of mine.

You should put up some pics of the rifle, @JRuby

 

[Koda]

I hear they work but they are for handloaders that dont know how to fine tune their handload group so they do it with the barrel resonator.

 

[JRuby]

Here is the rifle and I included my new ruger #1 in 9.3x74r for bragging.

 

[orygun]

Very nice! Both of them. That No1 ought to be a thumper!

Yeah, get that doughnut offa that Mauser.

 

[orygun]

I'd replace the butt pad and check the stock channel. Clean it up if it's touching in spots then shoot it. If it doesn't shoot good, try a forend tip pressure pad. You should be able to make it shoot one of those ways.