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Help With Remington 700 Accuracy
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<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 1755626" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p>I've been on this forum long enough to have heard (many times) about the issues with Vortex scopes (in particular) being damaged by someone over-tightening the rings. Knowing the gun is a .300 WM, some 'home smiths' will give the ring screws a little extra tightening that they don't need. That's my first thought. From Vortex website:</p><p><em><strong>"Note: Vortex Optics recommends not exceeding <u>18 in/lbs</u> (inch/pounds) of torque on the ring screws."</strong></em></p><p></p><p>My second thought was what [USER=95344]@xsn10s[/USER] is mentioning - the steel sheet metal internal box magazine isn't in the rifle correctly. It's cocked out one side slightly causing issues. That thing can be a bugger on some Rem 700s. My .308 Rem 700 always went together easily and the box fit in place just perfect; sadly my .270 Rem 700 takes a bit more 'fiddling' to get that 'box' in correctly, so some guns go back together easily, others need more time and attention to detail to get right. Just remove the action from the stock, re-fit that sheet metal-stamped box in the bottom of the action, then reassemble action into stock, assuring it is not bumped out of place in the process.</p><p></p><p>Final thought is what you said yourself - make sure the recoil lug of the rifle is all the way back against the stock abutment before tightening the action screws. Put the screws in so they are just starting to show some resistance, then hit the buttstock on the ground, then finish tightening that front action screw to about 50 in/lbs (yep, that Wheeler torque wrench would come in handy both here and when re-doing those scope ring screws...) and tighten the rear screw to about 30 in/lbs.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully the crown of the rifle wasn't accidentally 'dinged' at some point during this process of getting your trigger pull lightened. That would be my last thought if the gun still won't shoot. (And - as pointed out earlier - we are all assuming you are using the same ammo that the rifle shot so great BEFORE being taken apart. If not...that could be the problem right there. Some ammo shoots way better than other ammo. Gotta be comparing apples to apples here.) GOOD LUCK!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 1755626, member: 9308"] I've been on this forum long enough to have heard (many times) about the issues with Vortex scopes (in particular) being damaged by someone over-tightening the rings. Knowing the gun is a .300 WM, some 'home smiths' will give the ring screws a little extra tightening that they don't need. That's my first thought. From Vortex website: [I][B]"Note: Vortex Optics recommends not exceeding [U]18 in/lbs[/U] (inch/pounds) of torque on the ring screws."[/B][/I] My second thought was what [USER=95344]@xsn10s[/USER] is mentioning - the steel sheet metal internal box magazine isn't in the rifle correctly. It's cocked out one side slightly causing issues. That thing can be a bugger on some Rem 700s. My .308 Rem 700 always went together easily and the box fit in place just perfect; sadly my .270 Rem 700 takes a bit more 'fiddling' to get that 'box' in correctly, so some guns go back together easily, others need more time and attention to detail to get right. Just remove the action from the stock, re-fit that sheet metal-stamped box in the bottom of the action, then reassemble action into stock, assuring it is not bumped out of place in the process. Final thought is what you said yourself - make sure the recoil lug of the rifle is all the way back against the stock abutment before tightening the action screws. Put the screws in so they are just starting to show some resistance, then hit the buttstock on the ground, then finish tightening that front action screw to about 50 in/lbs (yep, that Wheeler torque wrench would come in handy both here and when re-doing those scope ring screws...) and tighten the rear screw to about 30 in/lbs. Hopefully the crown of the rifle wasn't accidentally 'dinged' at some point during this process of getting your trigger pull lightened. That would be my last thought if the gun still won't shoot. (And - as pointed out earlier - we are all assuming you are using the same ammo that the rifle shot so great BEFORE being taken apart. If not...that could be the problem right there. Some ammo shoots way better than other ammo. Gotta be comparing apples to apples here.) GOOD LUCK! [/QUOTE]
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