Quote Originally Posted by CrescentCityRazors View Post
At the muzzle, look for dings, cracks, chips, corrosion, etc. It could well be that you need to have the barrel crowned and prices for that are all over the chart, could be pretty reasonable, though, and less cost than the rifle is worth. The damage or wear would likely be visually noticeable to give you the accuracy issues that you have. I am voting for bore erosion or fouling. But the bedding of the action is somewhat critical, too and that could be the issue. You switched scopes so that's not the problem but that doesn't mean that maybe your scope mounting isn't at fault somehow.Try shooting through the iron sights and see what you get.

Give that bore a super good cleaning and punch a few more holes in the paper and see what you get. If it still won't shoot worth a darn, take it to a gunsmith and let him look it over. Cost should be minimal to just look it over and mike the barrel. Be aware that you will probably have to fill out BATF form number whatever-I-forgot to get your rifle back so if you have felonies, etc maybe skip the gunsmith.
NO more iron sights The peep had to be taken off to mount the scope (done professionally)
But if cleaning it doesn't work, perhaps taking it back to the gun smith is in order. They are just really behind and I have no felonies yet to be worried about. I still have other shooting options though