TheCZKid
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I have a Remington 700 in 30-06, ADL made 1989, with its original wood stock. It's the first rifle I reloaded for in 2013, and then re-visited load development about 5 years ago when I was going to use it for elk hunting. Back in 2013 I was pretty clueless about reloading, and also about such things as glass bedding rifles, or making sure the barrel was free-floating, etc. Since then I have become a pretty good reloader and have bedded 5 or 6 rifles.
In my reloading for this rifle I would have a good group, then when testing the same load next time, have a terrible group, and I never figured out what might be causing that. Tried various powders, bullets, seating depths, etc.
This years elk hunt is over, and I was just cleaning the rifle to put it away, and it occurred to me I might be able to get this rifle to shoot better. Realized I didn't even know what the action screws should be tightened to. Looking online I decided on 25 for the front screw and 20 for the rear and middle screws.
And the barrel is in contact with the stock on the bottom about 3" from the front, and it touches the left side at the front too. Hmmm. Seems Remington's were designed with the idea the barrel touches the stock toward the front, but I figured I'd ask you guys what you might do.
Should I free-float the barrel up front, get some clearance there, and do a glass bedding on the action? It shoots about 1 moa now, and probably that's fine for a hunting rifle. However, it might just shoot better if I did some work on it. Your thoughts.

In my reloading for this rifle I would have a good group, then when testing the same load next time, have a terrible group, and I never figured out what might be causing that. Tried various powders, bullets, seating depths, etc.
This years elk hunt is over, and I was just cleaning the rifle to put it away, and it occurred to me I might be able to get this rifle to shoot better. Realized I didn't even know what the action screws should be tightened to. Looking online I decided on 25 for the front screw and 20 for the rear and middle screws.
And the barrel is in contact with the stock on the bottom about 3" from the front, and it touches the left side at the front too. Hmmm. Seems Remington's were designed with the idea the barrel touches the stock toward the front, but I figured I'd ask you guys what you might do.
Should I free-float the barrel up front, get some clearance there, and do a glass bedding on the action? It shoots about 1 moa now, and probably that's fine for a hunting rifle. However, it might just shoot better if I did some work on it. Your thoughts.
