Rem 700 barrel recommendations

Thomasss said:

Remington 700s are not true free floating barrels.

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Rem 700’s almost unilaterally shoot better when they ARE free-floating, and any 700 I have seen which shot better with pressure bedding had some other defect such dampening, which is normally harmful, was a bandaid on the larger defect.

Varminterror said:

Rem 700’s almost unilaterally shoot better when they ARE free-floating

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That's my. experience too. i bed the receiver and the first 1.5 inches of then barrel.

DixonFive0 said:

I have no idea how many rounds the previous owner had through it, but it was fairly clean upon arrival.

I replaced the worn Bell & Carlson it came with

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Worn Bell & Carlson on a BDL? It takes awhile to wear out B&C stocks lol. Maybe it was fine?

DixonFive0 said:

From a lead sled the best I can average is around 1.5" moa @ 100yrds.

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Sounds good for a hunting rifle.

DixonFive0 said:

I've tried various factory offerings from Accubonds, Sciroccos, Federal trophy bonded tip, and Federal Terminal Ascent.

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Factory ammo sucks. Take the barrel money and buy a press and dies and some components.

Should get you in sub moa.

Mn Fats said:

buy a press and dies and some components.

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OP, I gave away my lee minipress recently, and only have one set of 7mag dies right now, but I'd be happy to send you a pile of brass and some bullets to try if you like.

Check bedding, check crown, reload.
If you end up going w an upgrade barrel youre gonna want to reload ( just to take adv of all that could be gained ).

Fwiw my 76 BDL in 7 mag would do 1.2" w reloads. Best it could do. Did it time and time again w no drift. Walnut stock, no bedding.

Reloads were maxd.

Brass life was very short ( soft Rem brass back then ).

I got it for elk.....figured it just fine like that.

But I sold it and got a 300 winmag, that bedded and freefloated did 1" w factory ammo. And then I sold that to go 338.

And that never happened.

Honestly, I should just stuck w that 7 mag
Good enough and still comfortable.

Another thing......ditch the sled and see how it shoots.

Unless you have shoulder/ neck or retina issues.......avoid the sled.

Hookeye said:

Check bedding, check crown, reload.
If you end up going w an upgrade barrel youre gonna want to reload ( just to take adv of all that could be gained )

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This. One way or the other, reloading is the only way to know what your rifle is truly capable of.