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303carbine

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I removed the pressure point from my (Remington 700) 300 Win barrel and resealed the wood.
After applying a release agent to the barrel , I epoxied the back of the lug and the barrel channel under the chamber portion of the barrel to about an inch in front of the lug.
The rifle shot just over an inch with no work to it, after the group shrunk to just under 5/8ths of an inch.
With some more load development ,I can probably get it into 1/2 inch, but for now I'm happy with the results.
The pressure point had worn the blueing off where it touched the wood, a little dab of cold blue will fix that.
I finished off with a bit of blue Loctite on the action screws to keep them from backing out under recoil.
Every Remington I have had has benefited from pressure point relief and epoxy bedding..................:cool:
 
303carbine said:
I finished off with a bit of blue Loctite on the action screws to keep them from backing out under recoil.
Every Remington I have had has benefited from pressure point relief and epoxy bedding..................:cool:
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You put Loctite on the bedding screws:eek: I have never heard of this practice before:confused: I have also never had beeding screws come loose from recoil. If you get oil, solvent or moisture under the action (very common problem with Remingtons) how would you get it apart:confused:
 
I know I have been caught in the rain several times hunting or during a match. When this happens I have made a habbit of taking the action out of the stock and making sure everything is dry as soon as I can.
I have had guys come out to the range with their 1/4 MOA Remingtons that won't hold a 2 MOA bull. I have taken these rifles apart for them on the range and dried the action and bedding. Put them back together and their 2+ MOA rifle is down to 1 MOA or less. Guys are shocked at how much moisture, solvent and oil is under them.
One of the design flaws of the Remington action is the bedding screws coming up through the action. This allows solvents a place to creep down into the bedding.
I only shoot about a couple thousand rounds a year in fullbore competition and like I said in my previous post I have never had a bedding screw come lose under recoil.
 
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