So I bought a new Remington 700 7mm Rem Mag. Sps stainless. I have a new bell and Carlson Alaskan 2 with the full length aluminum block. The plan was to shoot her and see what the factory barrel is capable of and decide from there whether or not to rebarrel. (I do reload). This rifle won't see as many rounds as my others simply because she will primarily be a hunter and the thin barrel. My couple senderos will be my main range guns. The only dilemma I have right out the gate is that the stock has a pressure point at the end of the fore end. I can sand it till the barrel floats free but I'm worried about wether or not I should wait on seeing how she shoots before I do. I bed my rifles but wanted to wait to see if the factory tube is worth keeping before I bed her. I've learned a ton from you folks and respect your thoughts and ideas. Thank you for any pointers you may have.
Starting work on a new sporter weight rifle
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Rick Richard
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It's not like you are going to have to expend a bunch of money in bullets, so why not test before you modify the stock? Curiosity would push me in that direction...just saying
Personally I choose to remove the speed bumps right out of the gate. I do have some factory rifles that have shot fine with the bumps but for consistencys sake I take them out anyway. I do agree with shooting it before you bed it if a rebarrel is on the table, it doesn't have to be bedded to get an idea if she'll shoot or not. I will say this though, I've had to modify most b&c Alaskan type stocks to get them to fit right. In my experience it's been pretty common to have to remove some aluminum at the rear of the lug slot to get the action screws to not touch the pillars/block. It can't sit right with the screw threads digging into the bedding block.. hopefully you got a good one and that isn't the case but I usually have to put some work into them to get a good fit.
Either way good luck and happy shooting!
Either way good luck and happy shooting!
LDHunter
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I'm certainly no expert on tweaking accuracy from a hunting rifle with a medium to lightweight barrel but I'll warn you that my experience with removing speed bumps has been not so pleasant.
I've been somewhat of a fan of Remington lightweight Model Sevens and 700's and can tell you that usually when I removed speed bumps I was often forced to have the action bedded/rebedded and that wasn't always satisfactory. Sometimes I've then had to have full bedding out to the tip of the stock forend.
It depends on just how much accuracy and season repeatability you expect. Those pads are put there for good reason and are the simplest quick and dirty fix for thin whippy barrels.
All that being said I typically remove the pads and let the devil take the hindmost.
I end up chasing fixes in about 60-70 percent of the cases so I guess I don't learn from my mistakes... LOL
I've been somewhat of a fan of Remington lightweight Model Sevens and 700's and can tell you that usually when I removed speed bumps I was often forced to have the action bedded/rebedded and that wasn't always satisfactory. Sometimes I've then had to have full bedding out to the tip of the stock forend.
It depends on just how much accuracy and season repeatability you expect. Those pads are put there for good reason and are the simplest quick and dirty fix for thin whippy barrels.
All that being said I typically remove the pads and let the devil take the hindmost.
I end up chasing fixes in about 60-70 percent of the cases so I guess I don't learn from my mistakes... LOL
Hatrick
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70 gr Retumbo. What brand and weight bullet?
I guess my next step will be to load up some more at 70 gr and shoot a few different groups and check velocity to see if everything is going to be consistent. I do have a few other powders available such as H1000, H4831 SC, and Magnum that I can try if the velocity is to inconsistent. I guess I'll just have to wait on cooler weather to see whether or not the pressure point/pad at the stocks fore end will effect my grouping and POI before I decide on floating the barrel.
