yeah alot of practice, shave a little, try the action in the stock, pull it back out and chuck it back in the mill and shave some more. while inleting the stock for the trigger, i mustve had the action in and out of the stock at least 30 times, the PITA was shaving the top front of the rear action hole, i had the action in the stock and couldnt see where it was hitting and could see it had clearance for the main trigger body, so i tapped the action with a rubber mallet and looked for the impression, then i shaved to action screw hole, which took 4 shave and fits
my son has had a gun in his hands since he was 4, and was competing in the Boy Scout shooting contests at 10 years old, at 14,after he got his Eagle Award, i started him long range shooting (was a little hard getting him away form the ak's thou) when he was shooting at 300 yards good, i started him in the 400+ and got the rem 700 223 for him. the drawback was it is a 1-12 twist, so i was limited severely with what i could throw thru it. i tried different ammo with decent results untill i tried some hornady 55g vmax and it shot really good (1/2"-3/4" 3 shot groups), so i tried the load at 300 and it was still shooting moa, so i reverse engineered it and tried the 60g vmax, which shot every bit as good. the next time i was shooting at my buddys farm(we can shoot out to over 700 yards before the hedgerow gets in the way, and can only shoot thru it in winter) and decided to try the 223. it took 3 shots to get it on a 12" steel swinger at 400, then i adjusted a little and hit 5 for 5 on a 6" swinger, so i tried it at 450, 500, 550 and was very impressed when i hit 3 for 3 on a 6" swinger at 600 yards, so he took it to the next sniper shoot i entered and got alot of evil eyes when on the first station, he hit a coldbore 600 yard shot on a 9" swinger after alot of the guys before him missed. and to top it off, he was shooting the smallest caliber rifle there. he lost alot of ground in the standings( finished 18 out of 22 guys) when the wind started kicking up and the bullets started dancing
get a reloading setup as soon as you can, you will be amazed when you find a load your rifle loves. its a great feeling when you look in the spotting scope and see a 1 hole 3 shot group. ive had factory ammo shoot decent but very few shoot better because evey gun is different just like people and your stuck with what someone else thinks might shoot good in most guns. rifling twist, barrel length, stock bedding, trigger pull, scope alignment, sight picture, and barrel harmonics all are a factor in accuracy. 1/10th of a grain of powder (varget is 7 kernels per 1/10th) will take a group that shoots under a nickel and will make it grow to a halfdollar both ways over and under