Bed a stock then switch the action?

Kane519

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I bought a new stock for my Remington 700 SPS 223rem and I'm getting ready to bed the action.

My question: if I bed the action, but down the road decide I want to move the stock to a Remington 700 in 308win (so a different action but the exact same design) will I have major fit issues or should it fit?
If I do have issues getting it to fit is the solution to grind out the bedding compound and bedding the rifle again?

Thanks in advance.
 
If it's the same action built in approximately the same time frame it should fit reasonably well or perfectly well. And you can always refit by dremel, too. :)
 
As mentioned they should be very close. Remingoton actions are incredibly consistent as far as contours and specs go. Yeah there are some odd balls out there but for the vast majority they are amongst the best available.

I have a long action stock that I use for three different receivers. I don't even bother to change out the trigger guard/mag assembly and use the same action screws to hold them in place. One is chambered in 338-06 and the other two are in 30-06 and 6.5x55 (re barreled). All have the same barrel contour so there are no other issues. After changing out the receivers half a dozen times I roughed up the bedding area and skim coated it with Titanium Putty which is tougher than glass and doesn't gall away during the change out process. Hope this helps but it is my experience only and of course IMHO.

One other thing, I would suggest that you pillar bed as well with good aluminum pillars. I use 3/8 in Titanium arrow shaft material for pillars. Again, that is a personal thing. I can machine pillars on my lathe but those shafts are quick/cheap and very good for the purpose.
 
Plasti-gauge...................... :wave:

Sqwish one, then the other.

Then you will know the dimensions of the two, provided you
have used the same torque settings and sequence of tightening the action
to the stock.
 
Just make sure the front, sides and bottom of the recoil lug have lots of clearance if you are going to swap actions around... that area will easily bind up as the lugs seldom index exactly the same and have slight differences. The stock screws should have good clearance too.

If the actions were not trued sometimes one barrel may not be centered in the fore stock as well as another...
 
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