See http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=714095 for the previous discussion on barrel profile and stocks/DBM setups regarding my precision rifle project.
I purchased the 700 ADL with a 26 in light profile barrel. I got it home and immediately dropped it into the B and C stock. It was difficult to insert, and while I didn't use a vice or mallet, I did have to really push to get the action and barrel to drop in. When I did, I saw that the barrel did not lie straight in the barrel channel. The previous owner of the stock had a heavier profile barrel, and it is obvious in these pictures. (my first time with pics here, hopefully they attached). I removed and reinserted the action and retightened the screws several times in hopes of it being fixed, but everytime it did the same thing.
I was a little perturbed at the obviously crooked barrel in the barrel channel, and initially thought that the free floating aspect of the stock was just exposing a flaw that would have been otherwise unknown in the factory plastic stock (which was definitely not free floating). I had one person tell me that the barrel just wasn't trued to the action and that was all that was wrong.
I had someone else I trust more put me in touch with a local gunsmith. He looked down in the stock and found the remnants of a poor bedding job, and due to leftover epoxy still being in the way of the recoil lug, the action was skewed as it sat in the stock. He also offered to change out the very lightweight barrel it came with for a heavy Sendero/Varmint profile barrel that is very lightly used, and bed and true the action for 200 dollars. I took him up on his offer. I will post pics once I receive the new barrel and my rifle back.
Yet to go: bipod, rail, rings, and glass.
Question: I have read really great things about Larue's rails, rings, and mounts as far as tolerances, and being true to spec on rails, etc. Would a LaRue mount/rail do well for this application? Intended distance will go out to 800-1000.
Thanks,
bgrav321
I purchased the 700 ADL with a 26 in light profile barrel. I got it home and immediately dropped it into the B and C stock. It was difficult to insert, and while I didn't use a vice or mallet, I did have to really push to get the action and barrel to drop in. When I did, I saw that the barrel did not lie straight in the barrel channel. The previous owner of the stock had a heavier profile barrel, and it is obvious in these pictures. (my first time with pics here, hopefully they attached). I removed and reinserted the action and retightened the screws several times in hopes of it being fixed, but everytime it did the same thing.
I was a little perturbed at the obviously crooked barrel in the barrel channel, and initially thought that the free floating aspect of the stock was just exposing a flaw that would have been otherwise unknown in the factory plastic stock (which was definitely not free floating). I had one person tell me that the barrel just wasn't trued to the action and that was all that was wrong.
I had someone else I trust more put me in touch with a local gunsmith. He looked down in the stock and found the remnants of a poor bedding job, and due to leftover epoxy still being in the way of the recoil lug, the action was skewed as it sat in the stock. He also offered to change out the very lightweight barrel it came with for a heavy Sendero/Varmint profile barrel that is very lightly used, and bed and true the action for 200 dollars. I took him up on his offer. I will post pics once I receive the new barrel and my rifle back.
Yet to go: bipod, rail, rings, and glass.
Question: I have read really great things about Larue's rails, rings, and mounts as far as tolerances, and being true to spec on rails, etc. Would a LaRue mount/rail do well for this application? Intended distance will go out to 800-1000.
Thanks,
bgrav321
