Remington 78 Sportsman Bedding Question

[montana_native]

Would this gun see any benefit to a free float barrel and bedded action? Shoots OK now but not great.

It's in 270 Win.

Thanks

 

[tightneck]

IMO, almost all bolt rifles will benefit from a proper bedding job. Whether it will shoot best with a floated or non floated barrel, is hard to say. Most every sporter rifle I bed, has the first couple inches of the barrel bedded along with the action. Most of the time this works very well, although I have on occasion removed the barrel bedding after less than perfect results. Its easier to remove bedding compound than to add it to the barrel channel afterward, so I recommend doing it with the action the first time. I just recently re-barreled a 78 Sportsman 270win,which is basically just a 700LA) in 6mmAI and bedded it into a CDL stock. Turned out great...

 

[Preacher]

It sure will benefit from a good bedding job.
I like to let the barrels fully float from the recoil lug to the far end, and then if they don't shoot "and they usually do" I'll try a bit of up pressure on the front of the stock..
No real need to bed ahead of the recoil lug, unless it's a really heavy barrel.......

 

[treeman]

wood stocked guns may shoot better but they don't hold point of impact as well. with synthetic socks it usualy dosn't matter as much in my experience. treeman