Sling Shot
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Hello all. I own a Remington VS in .308 with the HS Precision bedding block. When I first got this rifle a few months ago, I wanted to have the trigger adjusted, so I took it to a real good smith in my area. I asked him about bedding the stock, and he said that bedding the HS stock would not be worth it. He recommended that all the rifle needed was the trigger adjusted, the lugs lapped, receiver squared, and the head space set to minimum. I left the rifle with him, and a couple days later he called me, and said that the rifle would need to be bedded. I asked him why, and he said that Remington had taken a dremel or some sort of tool to grind out part of the bedding block so that the receiver would fit, and that the fit was sloppy. He said it would be $50.00 to bed it, and I told him to go ahead. I finally got to break-in this rifle over the last couple of weeks. At first copper and carbon fouling was awful. The copper was really heavy toward the muzzle, but after about 40 rounds cleaning got a little easier, and copper fouling had diminished somewhat. I now have exactly 100 rounds through the pipe, and cleaning is a lot easier, and copper fouling has diminished to what I would expect from a factory barrel. I have been shooting Federal 168 grain match at 100 yards. I do not have access to any range longer at this time. The smallest three shot group that I have shot came in just under a half inch with most being in the half inch to 3/4 range. I am not the best shooter, and feel this rifle is more capable than I am. I did notice that when the barrel gets hot, the groups really suffer. When I first noticed this, I thought something was wrong with the 6.5x20x40 Leupold scope. But I let the barrel cool, and the groups became a lot tighter. This rifle is truly accurate, and I would to shoot it off a quality bench rest instead of bags to see the potential of the rifle with factory ammo. I do have one question about the bedding. When I separate the receiver from the stock, what do I need to watch for, so that I do not damage the custom bedding? Sling Shot