Newly configured Remy 700, First Outing

[dmaxfireman]

Any updates on how the skim bedding worked for you?

[luvmy40]

Haven't got to it yet. Hopefully I'll be able to get it done this week sometime. I'll post up pics and the range results.

I've done just the recoil lug area on another (junk) stock before I got the B&C but this will be the my first full bedding job. This promises to be interesting.

[luvmy40]

I bedded the 700 this evening. I'll get some pics up after I clean it up tomorrow and hopefully get to the range later this week.

[luvmy40]

Here's the bedded stock.



Everything looks good in the recoil lug area.



And the Devcon is nice and even down the length of the action.



But there's a spot at the rear mount that was not even.



I really thought I had more than enough epoxy and got good roll out everywhere but there is a definite hollow spot there. It looks like there is enough for good support and the edge looks even when the action is installed so I think I'll leave well enough alone until I can get it to the range.



I'm afraid that if I try to fill that void I'll end up creating a high point and causing stress when the action is torqued in.

Any thoughts?

[gt40]

See how it groups before you do any thing else.

[platoonDaddy]

See how it groups before you do any thing else.

For sure first test it out.

[Arkansas Bob]

It's possible that it was the wind but I doubt it. The wind was light and head on, maybe up to 5MPH. There wasn't really any "drift", after the first two shots the group to the right was quite random, then two hiccups. It's more likely that I just didn't have the parallax adjusted perfectly and got a slightly different weld on the first two shots.

FYI the load being shot was:
168gn Nosler Custom Competition
45gn Varget
New Hornady Match Brass
Winchester primers
OAL 1.75

What is your COAL? Noslers in my remington 308s have generally done much better when loaded longer. My hunting loads are 165 accubond at 2.83, match kings aren't as picky and I typically load them to 2.80

[dmaxfireman]

Looks good, don't worry too much about the rear tang yet. Make sure when you torque the action screws you actually use a torque wrench and run them in evenly alternating sides.


This is my current load that very closely replicates the FGMM load in velocity and accuracy when fired from my aac-sd

175gr SMK
Once fired FGMM brass trimmed to 2.005
2.81 COAL
42.5gr 8208xbr
CCI large rifle primer

[luvmy40]

What is your COAL? Noslers in my remington 308s have generally done much better when loaded longer. My hunting loads are 165 accubond at 2.83, match kings aren't as picky and I typically load them to 2.80

COAL was 2.75(1.75 in OP is a typo I just noticed).

[luvmy40]

Looks good, don't worry too much about the rear tang yet. Make sure when you torque the action screws you actually use a torque wrench and run them in evenly alternating sides.


This is my current load that very closely replicates the FGMM load in velocity and accuracy when fired from my aac-sd

175gr SMK
Once fired FGMM brass trimmed to 2.005
2.81 COAL
42.5gr 8208xbr
CCI large rifle primer

Yep, torqued to 60inch pounds, evenly.

I'll be picking some SMK shortly. I still have quite a few of the 168 Nosslers on hand and can't justify to the CFO buying more before they are gone!