A little history: I bought a Rem M700 in .270 in 1968, could never get groups under 1.5" but I never failed to score on whatever big game I hunted. Eventually I started to get groups that climbed vertically and burn marks were evident at the end of the stock. I fiberglas bedded and free-floated the stock. Changed the heavy trigger to a Timney at set it at 3 lbs. Still nothing impressive, so I figured after 20 years I burned the barrel out; returned it to Remington and they sold me a new barrel. Impressive. Now getting small groups, including a 3-shot , 1-inch group at 200 yards.
Recently the bolt stop spring failed and I replaced it tonight, reset the trigger for 2.5 lb and I'll see what my groups will do tomorrow now that I took it all apart.
I then got lost in thought. I have Browning BOSS rifles and I think I understand their concept of dampening vibrations so that the bullet exits the barrel at approximately -or hopefully-the same spot in the rotary motion of the barrel. Free-floating eliminate contact with the stock but some rifles still shoot better if there is contact with a spot in the first few inches of stock.
That led to the thought: if we want to dampen the vibrations, has anyone ever played with the idea of bedding the barrel entirely with a rubber material or some other shock absorbing material?
That leads me to this post, looking for opinions from those far more expert than I.
Recently the bolt stop spring failed and I replaced it tonight, reset the trigger for 2.5 lb and I'll see what my groups will do tomorrow now that I took it all apart.
I then got lost in thought. I have Browning BOSS rifles and I think I understand their concept of dampening vibrations so that the bullet exits the barrel at approximately -or hopefully-the same spot in the rotary motion of the barrel. Free-floating eliminate contact with the stock but some rifles still shoot better if there is contact with a spot in the first few inches of stock.
That led to the thought: if we want to dampen the vibrations, has anyone ever played with the idea of bedding the barrel entirely with a rubber material or some other shock absorbing material?
That leads me to this post, looking for opinions from those far more expert than I.