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Free floating a Remmy 700..........
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Santa was good to me this year ,she gave me a Remmy 700 SPSV in a 243[:D]. My question is hw would I go about free floating the barrel? Im looking at a coulple aftermarket stocks that says they are free floating , would I have to do anything outside of putting the stock on to free float it ?
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Their are articles about how to go about bedding a rifle if you do some research. It is however a lot easier to pay the gunsmith.
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Free floating a rifle barrel is accomplished by removing any points of contact between the stock and the barrel while cool and warm. This includes the pressure points that Remington often uses at the front of a stock's forearm.
Removal is accomplished by sanding with paper wrapped around a dowel to buying a scraping tool(s) from Brownells if you plan of doing this with some frequency.
While I dislike using youtube as resource, this is a simple way of showing the process:
Be sure to seal the barrel channel after removing wood.
I would absolutely recommend bedding the action at least and I strongly suggest doing the pillar bedding method for the best, most consistent results.
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I agree with JustC and Nononsense. The best way to do this is an aftermarket stock that has pillars or a bedding block already installed, or I should say the simplest way. However, you will still need to skim bed the action to give you a 100 percent contact support at the rear tang and front action lug. If you choose to use the factory stock to do this, pillars should be installed to join the bottom metal to the action, and that can be a complicated process for someone who has never done it. The reason for the pillars is to eliminate the compression of the wood or composite stock material when torquing the action bolts down, and the variables they create.
I am not sure of what their opinion is of what to use for bedding material, but I use the Brownells Steel Bed(I have also used J-B Weld two part epoxy in a bind at hunting camp for a skim job on a friends Savage Package gun that had pillars in it). It is easy to work with and has very low shrinkage, as it has 72 percent atomized stainless steel filler in it. The Accura Glass can be runny and sugar or crumble over time also. Either way, make sure you use a healthy dose of release agent on the action, bottom metal and screws. I prefer to use the Hornady One Shot case lube spray for a release agent. It dries shortly after you apply it, and is not messy, and usually performs better than most of the release agents in kits, of which there never seems to be enough.
One last thing, is to make sure your action lugs are torqued properly. I like 50-60 INCH pounds, but JustC, Nononsense and Sandwarrior can also give you some suggestions with those numbers.
At any rate, Santa has blessed you!
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I agree with most of the above except one thing. You said "Santa was good to you, She brought you---". Well, for your information Santa is a guy, not a girl. At least he was the last time I talked to him, but who knows, in todays world.
My Santa's my wifey the good thing about it I get Xmas all year round[:p]