Remington Action Question.........

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I have a new Remington 700 action, I am going to rebarrel to 6.5-06. The new barrel I ordered is a Shilen ss match unturned blank I have turned to a diameter of 1.200, and will be 26-27 in. long. The question I have, is the Remington action rigid enough to handle a barrel this heavy, or should I put some taper on it? I'm trying not to cut on the barrel too much if I can get away from it. Any and all opinion welcome.

Thanks in advance,
Med.

 

[Don]

I have a new Remington 700 action, I am going to rebarrel to 6.5-06. The new barrel I ordered is a Shilen ss match unturned blank I have turned to a diameter of 1.200, and will be 26-27 in. long. The question I have, is the Remington action rigid enough to handle a barrel this heavy, or should I put some taper on it? I'm trying not to cut on the barrel too much if I can get away from it. Any and all opinion welcome.

Thanks in advance,
Med.

If action is bedded properly in a good quality rigid stock, the straight taper 1.200 will be just fine.

Absolutely run and hide if somebody suggests bedding the underside portion of the barrel for added support, it is not necessary, and the sign of gunsmithing abomination, making barrel removal and replacement a chore since only one diameter will fit, and create bad harmonics/stresses if something gets wedged..............Don

 

[Dennis Sorensen]

As stated the action is strong enough to hang a heavy barrel from it...

Correctly bedding the action is an important step in accuracy.

My experience has been that many large barrels with straight tapers ahead of the action shoot fine if you bed 2, 3 or 4 inches of them... again it has to be correctly done with the action and no stress.

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