Need help with stock and trigger on Rem 700 ADL

[K5ride]

Hi all! I am new to the site and fairly new to owning a centerfire rifle. The rifle in hand is a Remington 700 ADL .308 with synthetic stock, 24" standard barrel, Leopold base and rings, and a Nikon Buckmaster 3-9x40 for glass. I've had this rifle for a little under a year now and it will shoot 1 -1 1/4 moa with handloads. This rifle is used mainly for target practice/learning and hunting deer and hogs.

I have put close to 500 rounds through this rifle since I've had it. In that time I have found two things that I would really like to change out.

#1 - The cheap plastic stock.
The stock is partially free floated from the factory. By that I mean that the only part of the fore-end touching the barrel is the very front. From just behind that point all the way back to the receiver you can slide a dollar bill cleanly through. The fore-end will bow upwards in the middle if your not careful. I'm thinking this is a factory flub up and has got be part of why I'm only getting 1 1/4 moa.

#2 - The lousy X-Mark trigger.
The trigger feels pretty tight without much slop but breaks a 6 1/2 lbs. I'd like to drop that to around 2 or 3 lbs.

I'd like to find a good free floated replacement stock with an aluminum bedding block but have no idea which brand to go with. I know I am somewhat limited in choices with the ADL's blind mag so I'm not against converting it to a hinged floor plate BDL configuration. As for the trigger I was thinking about a Timney but not 100% sure.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

 

[jmr40]

www.hsprecision.com makes a stock that will fit your ADL for around $340. Good stocks, although a little heavy for a hunting rifle. This is the same stock that is standard on many sniper rifles.

www.boydsgunstocks.com makes a laminated stock for the adl for under $100. Once again they are good stocks, but heavy.

www.mcmfamily.com makes great stocks. Their standard weight stocks will run you around $440, the ultralites run $518. Expensive, but the Cadillac of stocks.

If you are willing to attach your own recoil pad, finish sanding and paint your stock www.hightech-specialties.com will make you a stock for around $250

http://www.stockysstocks.com/servlet/the-190/700-alaskan-ti-wildermess/Detail This stock is made for the Remington ADL Mountain rifle. You will need to open up the barrel channel to fit the thicker barrel on your rifle

The trigger can be adjusted down to a much lighter pull.

 

[sourdough44]

I have a Timney in one 700 & a Shilen in the other. The one came with the new 'X-Mark Pro' trigger. I didn't care for it at all,even adjusted down to where the adjustment screw was out. If you get a Timney with the safety installed it is easy to put in.

 

[Durty]

Shilen triggers are great and they are around $100. I have one on a Remington 700 and it breaks cleanly at 25 oz. I'm sure the others are great too. I also have an aftermarket Richards Microfit laminated wood stock that looks awesome and functions flawlessly. I have it glass bedded. Google Richard Microfit if you are interested in wood. Very good stocks.

 

[cal74]

The stock is partially free floated from the factory. By that I mean that the only part of the fore-end touching the barrel is the very front. From just behind that point all the way back to the receiver you can slide a dollar bill cleanly through. The fore-end will bow upwards in the middle if your not careful. I'm thinking this is a factory flub up and has got be part of why I'm only getting 1 1/4 moa.

It isn't a factory flub, it's called a pressure point. Some very light barrels do indeed shoot better with the pressure point. Vast majority of people will remove the pads though. Just take a woden dowel wrapped in some sand paper and carefully remove them.

Look up adjusting the Remington Trigger, most (not all of the new styles) can be worked down safely.

 

[TonyAngel]

I put a Timney in my 700. It's a nice trigger, but WIDE. Many of the guys that have shot my rifle say that they don't like it. I'm just learning to live with it.

As for the stock, I got an HS Precision that was a pull off from a Remington PSS (I think it's called). You can find them for around $200. What would concern me is that I have seen rifles with thinner profile barrels that shot worse after removing the pressure pad in the stock, although free floating is generally a good thing.

What's your budget?

 

[nathan]

Having it freefloated and glassbedded is much cheaper.