I bought a black Friday Remington 700 SPS varmint 308 at Dick's for $350, and plan to use it for bedding practice and experimentation. It came with the cheap plastic stock that isn't pillar bedded or free floated. I installed Leupold bases, and Burris signature 30mm rings for a Vortex Viper 6.5-20x44, 30mm scope. I used a few Prvi 308's to get it on paper, then switched to Winchester 180grn Power Points to try a group. The results were disappointing. At 100 yds.
But when we switched to Federal Gold Medal Match, things improved considerably.
Over the winter, I plan to pillar bed, and glass bed the action, then free float the barrel. As flimsy as the stock is, I believe I will be glassing in some aluminum angle that I have laying around. I will hopefully be adding pics of work done, and corresponding groups shot along the way. Hopefully I can make an improvement. If not, at least I may learn something along the way.
Btw, the Vortex was one of the discontinued wideplex reticles from cameraland, and was only $279. So, thus far I have a grand total of $700 in the whole package.
But when we switched to Federal Gold Medal Match, things improved considerably.
Over the winter, I plan to pillar bed, and glass bed the action, then free float the barrel. As flimsy as the stock is, I believe I will be glassing in some aluminum angle that I have laying around. I will hopefully be adding pics of work done, and corresponding groups shot along the way. Hopefully I can make an improvement. If not, at least I may learn something along the way.
Btw, the Vortex was one of the discontinued wideplex reticles from cameraland, and was only $279. So, thus far I have a grand total of $700 in the whole package.
