Rem 700 Bedding Problem

[JG358]

Do some rifles shoot better with that much fouling?

Copper fowling is your friend. Fills the tiny imperfections in your barrel and usually makes for more consistant results. I just run a patch of bore shine, dry patch, oiled patch followed by a dry patch after shooting sessions. Cleans out most of the carbon and crap while leaving copper fowling. Once groups start opening up, I clean it down to bare metal and start over.

 

[jlmoeller]

Maybe not "better", but usually more consistent. My rifles generally have 200-300 shots down the tube before hunting season without cleaning and are left that way through the season.

I 100% agree with Sam but just wanted to point out that premium barrels (Krieger, Hart, Shilen, Satern, ect.) will accumulate less fowling then factory barrels. A factory barrel will probably show a decline in accuracy many rounds before a premium barrel. The gun will tell you if you are willing to listen to it.

Jason Moeller

 

[parshal]

After cutting and rethreading the longer screws it's back to its former self. Just screwing in the screws I could tell it was seated better. The trigger was much farther from the guard and everything just felt and looked better. I've got a little more to do with the a-frames and I'll be in business.

 

[parshal]

I just thought I'd follow up on this in case anyone was interested in what the end (or close to end) result has been. I shot this group yesterday. It's .635 center to center at 3220 fps. Of course, after all my playing around with Retumbo, A-Frames, Sciroccos and VLDs the original load is still the best. I'll be shooting a bit more for consistency but I'm about done.

It's interesting to note that I shot this group with the Magnetospeed chronograph on the end of the barrel. I really want to see if the group opens significantly once it's removed.

 

[JG358]

Should do the trick, time to go find an elk.