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What Rem. 700 to get for long shots
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 455573" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>the wedge is my design! How they got it I still don't know, but built a few rifles with it about ten or twelve years ago (most were Savages, but there were two Remington 700's). If it's installed correctly, and then adjusted correctly it works better than any bedding job you can do. I did this in two phases; with the second phase being setup similar to the Accustock, but also with the wedge. All parts were wired out, and I used a .040" taper per inch in the wedge. Both halves of the wedge come from the same block so the angles are near perfect. The screw pulling the wedge in place is critical, and the back plate must be setup exactly parallel to the nut seating face on the reciever. When you put the action in the stock, pull it towards the back, and tighten the bedding screws to where they are just seated. Now pull the wedge in place. After that slightly loosen the bedding screws and then retighten them with about 10 to 15 in. lb. of torque. Now get your torque wrench out and start tightening the bedding screw closest to the reciever bridge to about 20 in. lb. Do the same with the wedge and then the rear screw. Once you have that bring all them down down to about 35 in. lb. After shooting two or three rounds retorque the bedding screws to about 40 in. lb., but leave the wedge alone unless it's showing signs of movement (this torque value seems to vary between rifles)</p><p> </p><p> I later did a third redesign and came up with a system that used a wedge with a double taper that worked with a pair of bedding blocks that are radically different than any out there right now. Also the material the wedge and bedding blocks are made from is important, and forget aluminium </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 455573, member: 25383"] the wedge is my design! How they got it I still don't know, but built a few rifles with it about ten or twelve years ago (most were Savages, but there were two Remington 700's). If it's installed correctly, and then adjusted correctly it works better than any bedding job you can do. I did this in two phases; with the second phase being setup similar to the Accustock, but also with the wedge. All parts were wired out, and I used a .040" taper per inch in the wedge. Both halves of the wedge come from the same block so the angles are near perfect. The screw pulling the wedge in place is critical, and the back plate must be setup exactly parallel to the nut seating face on the reciever. When you put the action in the stock, pull it towards the back, and tighten the bedding screws to where they are just seated. Now pull the wedge in place. After that slightly loosen the bedding screws and then retighten them with about 10 to 15 in. lb. of torque. Now get your torque wrench out and start tightening the bedding screw closest to the reciever bridge to about 20 in. lb. Do the same with the wedge and then the rear screw. Once you have that bring all them down down to about 35 in. lb. After shooting two or three rounds retorque the bedding screws to about 40 in. lb., but leave the wedge alone unless it's showing signs of movement (this torque value seems to vary between rifles) I later did a third redesign and came up with a system that used a wedge with a double taper that worked with a pair of bedding blocks that are radically different than any out there right now. Also the material the wedge and bedding blocks are made from is important, and forget aluminium gary [/QUOTE]
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