I figured I'd post this here than in the precision section 'cause most feel that this rifle is more a sporting rifle than a tack driver.
Bought me a new Remy 700 SPS Tac few weeks ago and took it to the range. Out of the box with a cheap scope and that flexible Hogue stock and cheap hunting ammo all added up to bad groupings around 1.75" at 100yrds. I figured I always wanted to tinker with bedding a rifle and I might eventually upgrade the Hogue stock so figured this was a great time to practice. If I ruin the stock, no biggie.
Here's some pics and description of what I did. I'm sure there are mistakes made but it's an experiment.
Prepped the stock by sanding down the smooth plastic parts that would bond with the bedding material. In this case, it was JB Weld. Drilled some small indentations about a 1.5mm deep so the JB Weld would have more to hold onto. Wiped the entire bedding area down with rubbing alcohol to remove and oils/grease. All areas to be bedded was taped up before all voids were filled in using modeling clay. This was to prevent any contamination to the already prepped bedding areas. Built a dam just in front of the recoil lug to add support/resistance and removed the trigger assembly. Several wraps of tape was added to the barrel to ensure that it sat in the middle of the stock while the bedding cured and that the action was sitting level with the stock. Two bolts (1/4x28tpi) were screwed into the action so that seating it into the stock would be easier than trying to line up the bolt holes and action with the bedding material all over the place. Not to mention, accidentally pushing JB Weld into the bolt holes and threads and causing possible headaches taking it apart later. The sides and bottom ares of the action and barrel area was wiped down with a generous amount of paste wax as the release agent. Total prep time was just under 4hrs.
Once the action and stock have been mated. I removed the rear guide bolt and replaced it with the regular bolt and snugged it down just finger tight. The stock was taped down then I added a few tight wraps of electrical tape to aid in some compression. Not sure if that's recommended to do or not. Cleaned out the squeeze out with WD40 soaked Q-tips. My personal tip when using epoxy is don't toss out your extra epoxy! Set it aside to cure along with what you were working on this way you can then gauge how cured your mix is without poking around the work that's curing.
After setting for 8hrs, I removed the action from the stock. Cleaned out the extra squeeze out and tidy up the mag well and other areas that don't need bedding. Cleaned up the action and removed all the modeling clay.
Bought me a new Remy 700 SPS Tac few weeks ago and took it to the range. Out of the box with a cheap scope and that flexible Hogue stock and cheap hunting ammo all added up to bad groupings around 1.75" at 100yrds. I figured I always wanted to tinker with bedding a rifle and I might eventually upgrade the Hogue stock so figured this was a great time to practice. If I ruin the stock, no biggie.
Here's some pics and description of what I did. I'm sure there are mistakes made but it's an experiment.
Prepped the stock by sanding down the smooth plastic parts that would bond with the bedding material. In this case, it was JB Weld. Drilled some small indentations about a 1.5mm deep so the JB Weld would have more to hold onto. Wiped the entire bedding area down with rubbing alcohol to remove and oils/grease. All areas to be bedded was taped up before all voids were filled in using modeling clay. This was to prevent any contamination to the already prepped bedding areas. Built a dam just in front of the recoil lug to add support/resistance and removed the trigger assembly. Several wraps of tape was added to the barrel to ensure that it sat in the middle of the stock while the bedding cured and that the action was sitting level with the stock. Two bolts (1/4x28tpi) were screwed into the action so that seating it into the stock would be easier than trying to line up the bolt holes and action with the bedding material all over the place. Not to mention, accidentally pushing JB Weld into the bolt holes and threads and causing possible headaches taking it apart later. The sides and bottom ares of the action and barrel area was wiped down with a generous amount of paste wax as the release agent. Total prep time was just under 4hrs.
Once the action and stock have been mated. I removed the rear guide bolt and replaced it with the regular bolt and snugged it down just finger tight. The stock was taped down then I added a few tight wraps of electrical tape to aid in some compression. Not sure if that's recommended to do or not. Cleaned out the squeeze out with WD40 soaked Q-tips. My personal tip when using epoxy is don't toss out your extra epoxy! Set it aside to cure along with what you were working on this way you can then gauge how cured your mix is without poking around the work that's curing.
After setting for 8hrs, I removed the action from the stock. Cleaned out the extra squeeze out and tidy up the mag well and other areas that don't need bedding. Cleaned up the action and removed all the modeling clay.
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