Author Topic: Remington M700 Mountain Rifle stock question. (Read 962 times)

BrianU · « **on:** August 07, 2005, 04:17:26 PM »

I have a M700 Mountain Rifle in 7-08 that I bought the first year they came out with that rifle in the short action. Not long after I bought it, I had a local smith adjust the trigger and glass the action. When I dropped the rifle off at his shop, he asked me if I wanted to float the barrel. I was unsure, but he said I could try it and if I did not like it, he would re-install the pressure point. With that skinny barrel floated, I have shot enough one-hole 3 shot groups with 140 gr. Nosler BTs to prove it is not a fluke. It will also put 140 gr. Nosler Partitions into group that can be completely covered with a nickel. That is not 3 shot or even 5 shot groups. That is shooting until I started worrying about damaging the rifle from the barrel getting so hot. While that is great, there is one minor fly in the ointment with that setup. The narrow fore end on the mountain rifle stock is quite flimsy when not seated against the barrel. To the point that I have always had to be careful to hold it just in front of the magazine well or the stock could be flexed against the barrel and throw shots. I have looked at the brown precision stocks, but they cost more than I paid for the gun and besides, other than that one problem, the stock is very good looking and has been very stable. What I have been thinking of trying is reinforcing the fore end by inletting it and filling the inlets with glass bedding compound. Anyone ever tried anything like this?

Brian

Graybeard · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2005, 03:35:14 AM »

I prefer leaving the factory pressure point in place on the Remington Mtn. Rifles and if removed I generally just make a new one where it was. All of mine have shot better with it than without it and as you say it stiffens the barrel/stock some. None of mine are sensitive to where on the stock it's placed on the rest or how I hold it when shooting.

NONYA · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2005, 12:11:55 PM »

I would go with a stock with a full length aluminum bedding,very stron forend and you wont have to worry about it again,keep the floatin barrel you cant beat it!! :grin:

biglmbass · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2005, 08:28:17 AM »

BrianU,

Are you speaking of the current production brown laminate Mtn rifle stock? As supplied on the Rem LSS mountain rifles?

BrianU · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2005, 12:52:58 PM »

biglmbass,
It is the original walnut stock that came on the rifle when I bought it in 1988.

Brian

loaded4bear · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:47:09 PM »

If your set up is a true "one-holer" as it is right now, I wouldn't mess with it ...period. (just my 2 cents worth)

TLARbb · « **Reply #6 on:** October 21, 2006, 08:18:03 PM »

You might think about having the barrel channel routed and an aluminum channel or bar stock set and epoxied in to stiffen the stock ahead of the action. This should not be hard to accomplish and should not adversely affect the rifle's stellar performance. You could possibly also deepen the barrel channel a little to provide a tad more clearance for the stock deflection.

I free floated my Classics and it is surprising how much deflection you can get in the forend. I just opened up the channel until they did not touch under normal firing situations. The thing I like about free floating is that my POI is generally more stable and consistent from month to month, year to year.

EJ