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Frustration at the inconsistency of performance on target was eventually cured under the tutelage of “Les” Karas of Ontario, Canada, who graciously provided directions for tuning Crazy Albert and curbing its tendency to scatter shots all over the target. In brief, it involved careful fitting and glass bedding to keep the barrel free-floated and the front band from touching the front sight. It also helped to use a paint mark on the cartridge case head to index fire-formed and neck-sized cases in the chamber the same way each time. (It seems the Brits were more interested in getting the bolt to close on anything that was stuck in the chamber than in facilitating the reloading of fired cases.) Trigger pull was smoothed by polishing the roughness from engaging surfaces but not reduced from the 6-pound, two-stage pull it came with. In this condition, it was shot in a high power match at Camp Bullis in the Spring of 2001.

Things went pretty well until the 600-yard stage, when elevation problems caused by having to hold off for about 4 minutes of wind one way to 6 minutes the other way resulted in a 168. The low comb on the stock also prevents an effective “spot weld” when the rear sight is elevated for 600 yards.