R700 Long Range (84164) Modifications

[MMH]

I have a Remington 700 Long Range in 300 WinMag that I want to turn into a budget precision rifle.

It has a B&C M40 stock on it which I built up the pistol grip on and the barrel is free floated on it. The stock has an aluminum insert in it is there any. What is the best way to bed this stock if I am going to do it myself? In addition, I want to put a detachable BDM for an AICS magazine. If I stay with the 3.715" COAL, I should not have to modify the action. Is it worth it to go all the way to a 3.85? How difficult would it be to modify the action? As far as bottom metal I was going to get it from PTG. Or, who are some better recommended suppliers?

The trigger is Remington's X-Mark Pro which can be fairly easily worked on. While not as good as a Timney, it should be OK - get down to 3 lbs. w/ little to no creep & still safe.

I will leave the barreled action alone. The barrel has a 26" varmint profile w/ a 1:10 twist.

For comparison, 10 years back or so I purchased a R700 AAC-SD in .308. I upgraded the stock to a Manners T2A & put in a Timney. While not a custom gun, it is close to .5 MOA at 600 yards and the barreled action is stock! I know with high volume production sometimes you get a good shooter & sometimes not, so I am hoping that the R700 Long Range will shoot good!

Any comments/suggestions?

 

[tobnpr]

I know with high volume production sometimes you get a good shooter & sometimes not, so I am hoping that the R700 Long Range will shoot good!

If you're saying you haven't shot it yet, that's the first step before you should think about skim bedding.
Might not need it. And if you do it incorrectly you risk stressing the action.
Shoot it. Most of the time you shouldn't need to skim bed the bedding block.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[MMH]

If you're saying you haven't shot it yet, that's the first step before you should think about skim bedding.
Might not need it. And if you do it incorrectly you risk stressing the action.
Shoot it. Most of the time you shouldn't need to skim bed the bedding block.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I have shot it but not enough to know how it shoots. combination of breaking in barrel & working up loads (not for accuracy but checking velocity, seeing how primers looked, etc.).

To your point, I will not bed until I see how it shoots.

 

[matthias]

Do not take this the wrong way. In my experience I would not worry about all the little things at the start.

Get an accurate load and tune it from there. If you can't get it to shoot then and only then put time and effort into figuring out what is wrong.

Don't waste time and resources chasing an ideal without knowing what you and the rifle can do. The rifle will let you know what it can and can not do.