warbirdlover
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If any of you have followed this project I had replaced my paddle Ruger stock on my MkII all-weather .300 Win Mag Ruger with a laminated Boyds stock and have been trying to get the sub-one inch groups back that this gun was always capable of. I then had it pillar and glass bedded by the gunsmith at Gander Mountain and he also free floated the barrel. Most in here said that Rugers don't react well free floating the barrel due to the angled front action screw but that's what they normally do at Gander. I grabbed a box of cheapo Remington CoreLok 150 gr bullets (which this rifle always shot well) and headed to the range for a long session. I have done it! It's back to shooting sub-one inch groups consistently with cheap factory ammo. Here are two target pics. The orange bull is actually two shots "almost" into one hole. The second one is another 3 shot group (target circle is 1" diameter). So the bottom line is, pillar and glass bedding WORKS and free floating a Ruger M77 barrel WORKS!! Thanks for all the comments over the last few months and hope this gives some ideas to those who might need it. (As you can see I was shooting really well today... rock solid and no wind).