Has anyone had experience with free floating the barrel on a Ruger M77. Mine is the Predator model (laminate/synthetic) in 6.5 creedmoor. I know they have a 'contact' point, but wondering if free floating with a glass bedded action isn't the best way to go with this.. ANY feedback is welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance.
ruger 'predator' - free float?
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What is it you hope to accomplish? Sometimes its cool to try something just to see what happens. In the case of the pressure point, if removing it causes your groups to open up, its fairly easy to replace it with brass shims. Before removing the pressure point, maybe experiment with paper shims to increase the pressure before you remove it.
Is there a problem with your grouping or just curious? The floating and glass bedded question I find is one of personal opinion or preference and as Boomer said a lot depends on what you are trying to accomplish.
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257Roberts
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Two rugers that I have played with (Just standard rifles), one worked by removing the pressure point and one did not.
One thing i did find though was the magazine box was not sitting right and was binding when I tightened the action into the stock. It should have some very small movement when the action screws are tight. It can be checked with the floor plate opened. Once I figured that out it changed the temperament of both rifles.
You should try your rifle as is and then add shims at the pressure point or shim the auction to remove the pressure from the stock before you start rasping out any wood.
David
One thing i did find though was the magazine box was not sitting right and was binding when I tightened the action into the stock. It should have some very small movement when the action screws are tight. It can be checked with the floor plate opened. Once I figured that out it changed the temperament of both rifles.
You should try your rifle as is and then add shims at the pressure point or shim the auction to remove the pressure from the stock before you start rasping out any wood.
David
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Just to keep things in perspective, when you shoot MOA, it means that no bullet hits the target beyond half a minute from your intended point of impact. That's not just good enough, its frankly phenomenal, and that level of accuracy can seldom be exploited off the rifle range or away from the bench unless one is an accomplished position shooter. But rifle cranks are by definition never satisfied, so I'm not scolding.
blasted_saber
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I responded in your other thread
