Hi all I have several Remington 600 rifles all got from different people and every one has the barrel bedded 2 are 60’s vent rib and 2 are Mohawks 70’s , all have the barrel bedded from the recoil lug to the tip of the stock. do any of you older guys remember this being a thing Thanks for the input
REM 600 barrel bedded
- Thread starter bill338
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- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
Back in the 70's we bedded the action and chamber portion of the barrel on our Mohawks for good results. Other tweeks included aftermarket triggers and dumping
the plastic trigger guard/floor plate unit for alloy ones from the US. Great little rifles they were fer the money.
the plastic trigger guard/floor plate unit for alloy ones from the US. Great little rifles they were fer the money.
- Location
- Barrie Ont. Canada
None of my 600 or 660's have bedded barrels, however a few of them have a high spot towards the end of the stock. Like a pressure point from factory. I remove it when free floating the barrel and bed action about 1.5" of the barrel past the lug. I also wasn't around in the 60's and 70's to know what those crazy guys were doing.
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Some of the pencil barrel rifles do respond well to full length bedding. I have one 600 done this way, and it certainly increased accuracy in that particular gun. As a general rule however, no, it wasn't really common. - dan
Takujualuk
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- Location
- Whitehorse, Yukon
Melvin Forbes full length beds his rifles with great results as his carbon stock is way stiffer than the barrel. Such rifles shoot well and do not shift their point of impact. My two Forbes rifles shoot various loads close together and do not shift with bipod use, or even hanging the magneto chrono on the barrel. Regular wood stocks or tupper-ware synthetics it is usually a bad idea to bed like this, as the stock is not stiff and will transfer forces to the barrel, potentiall changing point of impact.
