Remington Model 700 accuracy issue

[david205]

just polished my wife Remington 700 bdl .270 cal and I am trying to get as much accuracy as I can. Except for a 3x10x40 scope it is stock. I am currently shooting 3 inch groups at 100 yards with a 150gr. round from bench. Besides adjusting the trigger pull what can I do to get better accuracy? I'm looking at up to 600 yards.

any ideas on how to make this happen

 

[Tiny Tim]

Welcome to the forum! What do you mean by "polished"?

Tell us more about the rifle... wood stock? Free floated Barrel? Etc...

Are you certain scope is good? Nothing in the optic or action mounting loose? How many rounds through the barrel? Are you shooting factory ammo, have you tried another loading?

Generally, when groups are that bad, it's something loose or the shooter/setup.

 

[david205]

Welcome to the forum! What do you mean by "polished"?

Tell us more about the rifle... wood stock? Free floated Barrel? Etc...

Are you certain scope is good? Nothing in the optic or action mounting loose? How many rounds through the barrel? Are you shooting factory ammo, have you tried another loading?

Generally, when groups are that bad, it's something loose or the shooter/setup.

its been sitting down for a while guess about 6months without use, just did some cleaning and i use the only one lubricant the Mobil oil as always. and ever thing was up and running just fine but the accuracy was off and yes i have coupled it up again cause it occurred to me that i made a mistake putting it back together but still the same result, the stock is wooden..

 

[Roughrice]

I'd try 130's
My 80's Mountain is really good with those.
Not as good with 140's and bad with 150's.

Hope you didn't use Mobil inside the bore.
If so, try it again without cleaning. If still bad and everything else (scope, action screw torque and bottom metal not binding) is good… try 130's
Older Rem 700's with 130's has always been money.!

 

[xsn10s]

its been sitting down for a while guess about 6months without use, just did some cleaning and i use the only one lubricant the Mobil oil as always. and ever thing was up and running just fine but the accuracy was off and yes i have coupled it up again cause it occurred to me that i made a mistake putting it back together but still the same result, the stock is wooden..

If you took the stock off and reassembled it you could be binding up the magbox, which would affect accuracy. There are youtube videos on this for the Remington 700 so I'd start there before attempting to adjust the trigger. And if you don't have a trigger pull scale or weights then I'd leave the trigger alone.

 

[david205]

If you took the stock off and reassembled it you could be binding up the magbox, which would affect accuracy. There are youtube videos on this for the Remington 700 so I'd start there before attempting to adjust the trigger. And if you don't have a trigger pull scale or weights then I'd leave the trigger alone.

would look into this.
thanks

 

[Tiny Tim]

And make certain the recoil lug is pushed back against the lug recess in the stock before tightening the action screws