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Main question would be, was the Rem 700 trued and accurized before the barrel was installed?
With a quality barrel and a quality chamber job, its not difficult at all to get 1 moa accuracy out of the Edge with pretty much any load. Its just an easy to load chambering.
4" groups at 100 yards tells me to look at a mechanical problem. That is a pretty heavy barrel for a Rem 700 but with solid bedding it should be alright.
It makes me think of a few areas.
1. There are some screws loose somewhere on the rifle, receiver screw, base screws, ring screws, something.
2. Something is slipping, rings, scope, base.....
3. The bolt lugs are not supported. If you have one floating lug which is not totally uncommon with an untrued Rem 700 receiver, the rifle may shoot well with lower pressure loads but as the pressure increases and gets to the point the bolt flexes under the pressure, you generally start to see vertical stringing. The larger the case head, the more dramatic it can be.
That said, 4" at 100 yards is still a HELL OF ALOT of group variation.
Make sure the crown is cut true and clean. Also, as mentioned, check the brake to make sure there is plenty of clearance. There should be 20 thou clearance so the bore hole should be at least 0.358"
Brass and bullet run outs will likely not take a 4" group at 100 yards down to 1/2" at 100 yards. As they improve they will definately improve your groups but generally not to that extend.
I would also pull the barreled receiver out and make sure there is nothing between the receiver and the bedding surface which can cause problems.
Other places to look, make sure the bolt nose recess in the barrel is not contacting the bolt nose and make sure there is nothing being mashed between the two when the bolt closes, this can cause some serious accuracy issues.
Make sure the front scope base screw is not contacting the barrel threads and bottoms out on the base, not the barrel. This can cause some serious issues as well.
One more place to look, make sure the bolt handle is not touching the stock at all when its closed. I have seen this several times when the bolt hits the stock when the bolt is closed and it causes all kinds of problems in consistancy.
I would also not recommend seating to touch the lands to start with. This preloads the bolt and if the receiver has not been trued, it can cause consistancy problems as well. THe SMK generally shoots very well 10-15 thou off the lands anyway.
Just things to check.
With a quality barrel and a quality chamber job, its not difficult at all to get 1 moa accuracy out of the Edge with pretty much any load. Its just an easy to load chambering.
4" groups at 100 yards tells me to look at a mechanical problem. That is a pretty heavy barrel for a Rem 700 but with solid bedding it should be alright.
It makes me think of a few areas.
1. There are some screws loose somewhere on the rifle, receiver screw, base screws, ring screws, something.
2. Something is slipping, rings, scope, base.....
3. The bolt lugs are not supported. If you have one floating lug which is not totally uncommon with an untrued Rem 700 receiver, the rifle may shoot well with lower pressure loads but as the pressure increases and gets to the point the bolt flexes under the pressure, you generally start to see vertical stringing. The larger the case head, the more dramatic it can be.
That said, 4" at 100 yards is still a HELL OF ALOT of group variation.
Make sure the crown is cut true and clean. Also, as mentioned, check the brake to make sure there is plenty of clearance. There should be 20 thou clearance so the bore hole should be at least 0.358"
Brass and bullet run outs will likely not take a 4" group at 100 yards down to 1/2" at 100 yards. As they improve they will definately improve your groups but generally not to that extend.
I would also pull the barreled receiver out and make sure there is nothing between the receiver and the bedding surface which can cause problems.
Other places to look, make sure the bolt nose recess in the barrel is not contacting the bolt nose and make sure there is nothing being mashed between the two when the bolt closes, this can cause some serious accuracy issues.
Make sure the front scope base screw is not contacting the barrel threads and bottoms out on the base, not the barrel. This can cause some serious issues as well.
One more place to look, make sure the bolt handle is not touching the stock at all when its closed. I have seen this several times when the bolt hits the stock when the bolt is closed and it causes all kinds of problems in consistancy.
I would also not recommend seating to touch the lands to start with. This preloads the bolt and if the receiver has not been trued, it can cause consistancy problems as well. THe SMK generally shoots very well 10-15 thou off the lands anyway.
Just things to check.
