.243 SPS is going back

[Troponin]

I've had it to the range one more time since the last thread. I was thinking that I wanted to have the stock bedded and the barrel floated, but, I want the gun to be as accurate as possible, so it's going back to Remington.

Once that stock is messed with, all bets are off for warranty work for the stock, so I am sending it back to be corrected first, just in case the bedding/pillars won't fix it.

I am going hunting this weekend for fox, coyote and whatever else is in my way that's legal, so I'll be carrying the .243 and .22mag and the .30-06 will be at the cabin just in case. If a yote comes within 15-20 yards, it's going to get a .22 mag in the head. Otherwise, I am taking a chance with the .243.

 

[Harry Bonar]

243

Dear Sir:
I did not get your previous post but you mentioned your Rem. 243 rifle.
I honestly would glass-bed the recoil lug area on that rifle (don't bed any portion of the bbl - grind that away) and free float it back to the action face.And when you float the bb. have it free floated back to action face so a piece of cardboard will slide all the way - a dollar bill just isn't enough!
I've never had a rifle shoot that had any portion of the bbl. touching wood - and if you send it back to Remington they're not going to do that.
That's been my experience. I build rifles for a retired Viet nam sniper and that's how he and I both like them. Some snipers liked the clearance so they could wipe under the bbl. with a rag!
Unless there is some mechanicaly wrong I doubt that Rem. will do much of anything - keep those guard screws tight!
Harry B.
PS: You might check that muzzle crown - I like the target crown.