Gun help

[Barton]

Hi guys I had a question I tried free-floating my Remington 700 with a synthetic stock and it did not shoot worth a shit I don’t know what I should do was hoping someone could help me before I did this shot great but since I trimmed around the front of the stock And took the pressure point off the end of the barrel has not shot good sense any help his great

 

[JohnW...ski]

Try bedding the action.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

Try replacing the Tupperware. See if you can try someones chassis. If it doesn't shoot properly torqued in a good chassis... then you have other issues.

 

[EOD Rob]

If you have reloads that you shoot through it, you may look at retesting your loads. that touch point may have been acting as a tuning point and by removing it, threw off your load.

 

[SSL]

You can test your pressure point theory by putting varying thicknesses of card stock between the barrel and tip of the stock to see if the groups settle down. Properly bedding the action, as mentioned, is always a good thing.

 

[SEGARE]

Bell and Carlson stock and a Timney trigger= MOA or better.---I did this with two ADL's and both responded very favorably.

 

[boltfluter]

Put the pressure point back with some bedding compound.

 

[SEGARE]

Drive-by poster...

 

[Kittitas George]

I did the same thin with a Remington ADL 22-250 years ago. I sanded out the pressure points to 'float' the barrel, it wouldn't shoot. Put a folded match book in to replicate what I had, back to shooting great. Match book was still there when I sold the gun years later. May have looked terrible, but that gun shot great,
361/2 gr of 4895 and 50 gr Sierra = dead critters. I bought the gun when Remington first built the 700 in the early or mid 1960s.