I Need Some Help People

[TheGreatOutdoorsMan]

I have recently aquired a Rem 700 VTR in .308. One of the first thing i inspected was if the barrel was free floating and it wasn't. How do i or can i free float this barrel? I have this thing about barrels sitting on the stocks and would like to get some feed back as to how to fix this. Any input will help,

Thanx

 

[twoshots]

remove the barrel and stock,
take a dowel the size of the barrel and wrap it with coarse sand paper. Sand the stock to desired clearance. If it is synthetic, 3 pieces of regular printer paper should fit between stock and barrel (this is enough but more clearance is fine). This is an easy way to do it without machinery.

 

[gunasauras]

IIRC, the VTR barrel is not round, it's more triangular of sorts, so a dowel won't work. Have you fired the rifle yet? How does it shoot? If the accuracy is already there, why bother free floating. If it ain't broke, don't fix it......just my two cents......

 

[guntech]

I have recently aquired a Rem 700 VTR in .308. One of the first thing i inspected was if the barrel was free floating and it wasn't. How do i or can i free float this barrel? I have this thing about barrels sitting on the stocks and would like to get some feed back as to how to fix this. Any input will help,

Thanx

Really if you need advice on how to free float a barrel, you should have the rifle worked over by a gunsmith. Tell him you want it bedded and floated and the trigger worked lighter and crisp.

 

[gunpro]

VTR, more like check that the action screws are tight then have at it. Mine had loose action screws, snugged them up and off to the races. shoots fine the way it is.