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Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size bwinters #18337014 04/13/23 Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 9,113 Siskiyou Co.,Jefferson State F flintlocke Campfire Outfitter flintlocke Campfire Outfitter F Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 9,113 Siskiyou Co.,Jefferson State That video is....awful....out comes the rasps and chisels. Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size Gibby #18337097 04/13/23 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,828 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,828 Originally Posted by Gibby All my Remington 700's (wood stocks) shoot better with a forend pressure point. Once I find out the proper point pressure that the gun likes, I place a piece of Teflon thread tape between the pressure point and the barrel. Are the actions properly bedded?

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size bwinters #18337289 04/13/23 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,700 P pathfinder76 Campfire Regular pathfinder76 Campfire Regular P Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,700 I’m dumber after reading this thread. Just wow.

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size mathman #18339026 04/13/23 Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 11,265 Bluegrass State G Gibby Campfire Outfitter Gibby Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 11,265 Bluegrass State Originally Posted by mathman Originally Posted by Gibby All my Remington 700's (wood stocks) shoot better with a forend pressure point. Once I find out the proper point pressure that the gun likes, I place a piece of Teflon thread tape between the pressure point and the barrel. Are the actions properly bedded? Of course they are. Geeze mathman. Ha! Gun Shows are almost as comical as boat ramps in the Spring.

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size pathfinder76 #18339720 04/14/23 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,236 Gallatin Gateway Mt. B BangPop Campfire Regular BangPop Campfire Regular B Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,236 Gallatin Gateway Mt. Originally Posted by pathfinder76 That receiver is bolted to essentially an unmovable platform. Something has to give. You wouldn’t see that with a shoulder fired rifle me thinks. You'd be wrong.

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size BangPop #18340168 04/14/23 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,700 P pathfinder76 Campfire Regular pathfinder76 Campfire Regular P Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,700 Originally Posted by BangPop Originally Posted by pathfinder76 That receiver is bolted to essentially an unmovable platform. Something has to give. You wouldn’t see that with a shoulder fired rifle me thinks. You'd be wrong. How? This is the same bloody reason a lead sled cracks stocks.

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size pathfinder76 #18340586 04/14/23 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,828 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,828 Originally Posted by pathfinder76 Originally Posted by BangPop Originally Posted by pathfinder76 That receiver is bolted to essentially an unmovable platform. Something has to give. You wouldn’t see that with a shoulder fired rifle me thinks. You'd be wrong. How? This is the same bloody reason a lead sled cracks stocks. No it's not. The rig in the clip allows for recoil to move things to the rear. The lead sled opposes that.

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size Gibby #18340589 04/14/23 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,828 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,828 Originally Posted by Gibby Originally Posted by mathman Originally Posted by Gibby All my Remington 700's (wood stocks) shoot better with a forend pressure point. Once I find out the proper point pressure that the gun likes, I place a piece of Teflon thread tape between the pressure point and the barrel. Are the actions properly bedded? Of course they are. Geeze mathman. Ha! I've found my bedded 700s to perform extremely well free floated, so that's why I asked.

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size mathman #18340815 04/14/23 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,700 P pathfinder76 Campfire Regular pathfinder76 Campfire Regular P Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,700 Originally Posted by mathman Originally Posted by pathfinder76 Originally Posted by BangPop Originally Posted by pathfinder76 That receiver is bolted to essentially an unmovable platform. Something has to give. You wouldn’t see that with a shoulder fired rifle me thinks. You'd be wrong. How? This is the same bloody reason a lead sled cracks stocks. No it's not. The rig in the clip allows for recoil to move things to the rear. The lead sled opposes that. That thing has one option. It had no give laterally or vertically.

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size pathfinder76 #18341568 04/14/23 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,828 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,828 Originally Posted by pathfinder76 Originally Posted by mathman Originally Posted by pathfinder76 Originally Posted by BangPop Originally Posted by pathfinder76 That receiver is bolted to essentially an unmovable platform. Something has to give. You wouldn’t see that with a shoulder fired rifle me thinks. You'd be wrong. How? This is the same bloody reason a lead sled cracks stocks. No it's not. The rig in the clip allows for recoil to move things to the rear. The lead sled opposes that. That thing has one option. It had no give laterally or vertically. Which is different than the lead sled, which restricts the backwards inline motion.

Re: Barrel channel clearance and groups size mathman #18341846 04/14/23 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,700 P pathfinder76 Campfire Regular pathfinder76 Campfire Regular P Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,700 Originally Posted by mathman Originally Posted by pathfinder76 Originally Posted by mathman Originally Posted by pathfinder76 Originally Posted by BangPop Originally Posted by pathfinder76 That receiver is bolted to essentially an unmovable platform. Something has to give. You wouldn’t see that with a shoulder fired rifle me thinks. You'd be wrong. How? This is the same bloody reason a lead sled cracks stocks. No it's not. The rig in the clip allows for recoil to move things to the rear. The lead sled opposes that. That thing has one option. It had no give laterally or vertically. Which is different than the lead sled, which restricts the backwards inline motion. I understand that.