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Offline redhawksixsh

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700 ADL synthetic poi change
« on: March 22, 2006, 04:13:51 PM »
I have a 700 ADL synthetic in .223.  shoots 3 shot groups at 100 yds. easily around one inch, however, point of impact changes often.  i have tried 2 different scopes, a bushnell 3-9x40 and a simmons prairie master 4-16x40, both with same issue.  It has around 120 rounds through barrel, shooting black hills 55 gr. solids.  Any ideas?

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700 ADL synthetic poi change
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2006, 11:47:07 AM »
since no one answered this i'm going to guess that there was a reason....though i don't know what that would be.


i'd suggest you take it to a 'smith to see if everything is properly tightened down, and to see what else the 'smith can find.

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700 ADL synthetic poi change
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2006, 03:12:25 AM »
I had a 700 ADL in 243 Winny several  years ago. Could not get it settled down. Heat up and away we go.  6 shots= 6", 3 shots 1.5-2", 4 shots 3-3.5" and 5 shots 4.5-5". I took it to a Rem repair station in Dallas. They worked on it for 3 weeks. While they had the gun I e-mailed Rem Cust Svc Question line. They saw nothing wrong with the gun as there was not really an accuracy policy, but should be acceptable @ 3.5-4.5"/100yds for 5 shots :( [70gr-100gr factory loads Fed, Rem, Win & Hornady]
This same shop sold Tikka's :D  I came home with a Whitetail Hunter in 243. Same scope w/Tikka ringmounts. Love it. The T-3's came around and WT Hunters no longer made. :(

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Re: 700 ADL synthetic poi change
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2006, 09:58:04 AM »
sorry responses are\were so long in coming. Had an A-blot do the same thing and it drove me nuts for a while.  Don't know how proficient you are at tinkering so excuse me for over explaining or over simplifying.  The tightening mentioned above is in regards to the action screws. These should be tightened about about as firmly as you can with one hand using a screwdriver.  Before doing that - try this.  The actions screws are the two screws on the bottom of the rifle that hold the barrel\action into the stock .  The one in the fore-arm is the front action screw and the one at the rear of the trigger guard is the back one.  The third screw, in the middle just helps hold the trigger guard in place and doesn't do anything as far as securing the action.   I would undo these screws and pull the barreled action out of the stock.  Don't know about Rem synthetics but their wood stocks have two little bumps near the front of the barrel.  These are pressure points that the barrel rests on.  Most of the tinkering kind will sand these down completely.  I would,  that will free float (or just "float" the barrel)  - then reattach the barreled action and see if you can easily slip a dollar bill between the barrel and stock.  If you find places that are catching or even seem over close then sand those down a bit.  Don't worry, you won't hurt anything. When done, a dollar should slide easily nearly all the way back.  Tighten everything back down firmly and go shoot again - but when resting the rifle, try to always use the same spot to rest the rifle.  I suggest as far back as possible as the stock is more rigid nearest the trigger and less likely to flex in that area.  I am telling all this because my initial feeling is that contact between the stock and barrel is harming consistency.  Under different temperatures and conditions tiny stresses change.  Also as you shoot, the barrel heats and expands and contact from the stock is applying progressively more pressure on the barrel. This changes the harmonics of the barrel and will cause exactly what you described.  Another option is to just go get a good after market stock - which you may want to do eventually.  The original stocks are bought from other manufacturers and lowest bid has a lot of influence.  A good synthetic stock will have either pillars, and or an aluminum bedding block.  I like the aluminum bedding blocks.   The new stock will be noticeably stiffer.  Ones of these type start around $200 for , example a Bell and Carlson Medalist (which is what I bought for the A-bolt and it has cured all problems) to the cream of the crop by nost standards - a MacMillan for around $400. That sounds crazy but the $200 I spent made my action smoother, made it shoot all ammo better and some incredibly well, and went a long wey at reducing recoil.  I figured within a few years I would forget the cash but love the rifle.  So far so good.  Apologies for legth of repsonse.