Rem 700 varmint

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neal

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I was reading a post on the factory forum that was talking about skim bedding the aluminum block in a rem 700 varmint for full contact.
They talked as if this would give better results in accuracy, has anyone tried this, if so was there any improvement in accuracy? How thick would you put the bedding material on the block?
 
I bed "blocked" stocks all the time... I think many do... I have never seen one that fit that particular action well ... they are by design made to make sure they fit any of the actions ...

I sometimes have to grind a little aluminum out so the barrel will center... I use as little bedding as possible... and use the rear screw just to hold the action square while it cures...

It is just one of the little things you do to in the quest for accuracy...
 
I'm with Dennis on this. Several years ago I bought a 700 VS in .308. It shot maybe 3/8" groups with 168 Sierra's and N-140 from the start. After about 200 rounds, groups opened up and it seemed I couldn't buy a decent group. After going through several "standard" attempts at fixing the problem, I bedded the action and first 1" of the barrel. Accuracy "miraculously" returned and has stayed excellent. Made a believer out of me there.

Another thing to check is that the guard screw holes line up correctly... particularly if the receiver has been faced off.. At times I've had to mill perhaps .030" from the recoil lug shoulder in the aluminum block. Crooked guard screws don't help accuracy either.....
 
Neal,

I skim bed all my aluminum blocked rifles...they all need it. I have yet to find one that mated action to stock to my satisfaction.

Take some Prussian blue, and apply it to the bottom and sides of your action. Then bolt it up in your stock. Unbolt it, take it out and look for blue on your block. I bet you won't find much...

Also try the indicator bedding test...you'll probably get nauseous watching the indicator dial spin as you tighten/loosen your stock screws.

I've noticed...on alot of the aluminim blocked stock I've examined, that there is often stock paint/texture overspray on the block...usually in the tang area. How one would get good contact between block and action with a glop of paint/texture on the block is beyond me.

A lot of people are under the misconception that aluminum bedding blocks on factory rifles are the be all, end all to bedding, accuracy, global warming, etc. I look at them as another bedding job, without having to make and install pillars.

Despite all of the above, I have seen some 700's with a God awful action to bedding block relationship really shoot well. Go figure...

Justin
 
There isn't a 700 out there that is round or straight so I bed them also. I use an O ring on the barrel to center that end, that's for looks mostly because no ones going to pay use to center the barreled action in the stock. It would take a lot of time to do that. And then the rear screw to lightly pull it into the stock. Then I back off the screw and let gravity hold it there while it cures.

Dave
 
I am thinking about skim bedding the block on my new Savage LRPV. Prussion blue shows good contact by recoil lug at front of block, and light contact on the entire block surface.

Couple questions: 1) Glass the recoil lug anyhow? 2) Apply glass for 1" forward of the action? 3) Savage has three screws. Should the third screw only be lightly turned down; and do you tape the foreend and barrel to make the bedding job level?
 
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