Glass bedding synthetic stock

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Hey All,
I have a new Remington .204 Model 700 and I am getting really poor groups (3") at 100 yards... (tried 2 different scopes). I can see that the stock is touching the barrel at the tip of the stock. I have managed to gently file it down, but find that it is definitely not free floating.
I have never glass bedded a rifle before, but have read quite a bit about it.
The problem is, most of the reading I have done is in reference to wood stocks not synthetic. Can anyone recommend a product/products for doing this job (including release compounds). I am located near London, so help with my first one would be really awesome, but will settle for good advice.
Thanks!!!!
 
Can you confirm that this is the plastic synthetic SPS stock? Or is this the SPS Varmint plastic stock ? Just clarifying...

Trust me, glass bedding is easy once you get the hang of it. Feel free to PM me about having it done here in my basement. :D We did a bunch of the M14's at the Winnipeg clinic in April! :evil:
 
go to crappy tire or walmart and get one of the 5-minute epoxies by Lepage. they come in a 2-cylinder syringe. just make sure you read and get the one that doesn't shrink and has a high psi rating. I just used the epoxy steel one, worked great and quick. with the synthetic stocks make sure you rough it up really good with a dremel and drill small holes into the places you are bedding at diferent angles to get a good secure bed.

I also use kiwi shoe polish as my release agent. works slick and is easy to buff off after.
 
DW, before you do anything, not to talk you out of glass bedding, make sure the barrel is not touching the stock from about 2 inches in front of the receiver to th end. Also try this, lift the receiver slightly out of the stock by shimming the action at the front ring and back. This is some what like installing pillars and insures that the action itself is not stressed in any way-any material will do, I use playing cards / something of similiar thickness. If your accuracy improves your on the right track, glass bedding is not a bad accuracy miracle mender, you need to determine the cause first. --- John 303.
 
I've use Devcon or even JB Weld. They work fine on synthetic.
I have a Tikka T3 6.5x55 that has a synthetic stock and no bedding, but yet shoots into .2, .3's consistently. There is merit in what John303 says. Bedding doesn't guarantee accuracy if other things like the barrel is at fault.
 
No one ever talks about it but trying different tightness's of the action screws can make a big difference in accuracy. If it were me I would start with the action screws just barley tight and start shooting groups as I tighten up the screws until they are quite tight. Good chance you will see a difference in accuracy between just barely snug and holy hell tight.

I do it with all my rifles, even the glass bedded ones and this alone can make as big or bigger differences than playing with different loads.

I would do it before galss bedding see if you get your rifle shooting. IF it dosn't work then free float and try the gun, if it is still not good enough THEN glass bed.
 
DR that's what the shims are supposed to do, raise everything up - including the barrel (free floating). R of A just a comment on your method and just a guess mind you, if loosening the guard screws makes a difference then I suspect you are stressing the receiver in some way. Suggest you leave the front screw tight and just loosen the rear and see if the rear of the receiver moves then do it in reverse. If it does then the action is not sitting on an even "plane" has stress on it somewhere. Usually this "high" spot can be found by the shine the movement has put on the wood / bedding and can be removed to relieve the pressure. A bit hard to explain but I think you'll figure out what I mean. --- John 303.
 
I will try 'shimming' the barrel and action, and (I try) not to over-tighten any part (I find that it is too easy to strip screws doing that). If shimming works, I will float barrel and bed the action.
I was looking into purchasing the Lepage stuff from crappy tire, but in order to fill all the "hollow" slots in the SPS Varmint stock, I'll need like 10 packages. This is almost 80.00, so I figure I might as well purchase the shop kit of acraglas from brownells. Or does someone else know of a better way to fill in these hollow gaps?
 
i have foamed the hollows in frt of the recoil lug then bedded over. the stock would gain a lot of weight and expence filling it up with epoxy
 
What type of foam did you use? Just a typical home depot windows and doors expanding foam, then just trim it down? Or is there something more "stable" I should be looking for?
 
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