remington 700 vls 6mm

[red-demon652]

Helo forum Iwas wandering if anyone could tell me if frre floating there remington 700 vls in 6mm found better accuracy in free floating the barrel thanks.

 

[NCsmitty]

In my experience, standard barrels in the rifles that I have floated, and that's quite a few, have always responded with better groups.

The VLS usually comes from the factory with the capability for excellent groups, but that's not to say that they cannot be improved.
I don't own one, but I like the concept that Remington provides. IMO, a barrel with natural harmonics, due to floating, is ahead of the game.



NCsmitty

 

[dodge]

I have a VLS but in .223 and after free floating the barrel it went from a 1" shooter to a 1/2" shooter. Also found out that I had to go to a different load. The load I was using before floating went to 2" after floating. This is with 10 shot groups. Even at 200 yards still will hold sub moa.

 

[Skyshot]

You can test it to see if it's going to help your groups. Cut up some old credit card material and shim your reciever at both ends just enough to get the barrel clear of the channel and retorque the action screws and shoot some groups. My guess is you should see an improvement in group size however there are exceptions.

 

[joed]

I've owned 4 Remington riles over the years. None have impressed me when new with good groups. I've had the actions free floated on all by a competent gunsmith. The reward is they went from 1" to 1/2" groups afterwards as someone mentioned.

One of the reasons I don't like Remington is as long as they've been in business they haven't figured out free floating works. They still insist on having the barrel and stock touching. If you buy one of their high end rifles like a 700 VSSF 2 it comes with an HS stock that is free floated. Never owned one of these but I bet they shoot circles around any other Remington leaving the factory.

If you want to improve the accuracy of your rifle free floating will make a big difference, it has for me.

As mentioned above you'll also need to retry what you have already loaded as it can be improved on by changing the powder charge.

 

[243winxb]

The resin-impregnated, laminated stock should be better then plan wood. You will need to remove a lot of wood, as the barrel will droop/move down a lot. To help support the weight of the barrel, some bed the first 4" in front of the recoil lug. This i do not do. Floating helps groups some times not always. Your point of aim will not change as much if the action is glass bedded with free floating. With a wood stock, the up pressure on the barrel chages over time. The barrel pushes the wood down. Loss of up pressure on the barrel result in loss of accuracy. I find that it should take 9 pounds to pull the thin sporter type barrels away from a wood stocks pressure point.

 

[Maverick223]

Welcome to THR, Red! A standard weight or heavier barrel typically responds well to free floating (henceforth referred to simply as FF). If FF fails to improve your groups you can always glass bed it and restore (more likely improving) accuracy. One technique that is often successful for bedding is to hang a 5lb weight off the front sling swivel while the bedding cures, this creates upward pressure and often improves consistency. BTW, very good choice of cartridge for varmint hunting. Many folks claim that the .243Win. is more accurate, but that has not been my experience, my 6mmRem. PH SuperVarmint Mauser (with FF heavy bbl) shoots quite well and can hang in with the best of the .243s and do so with a bit better velocity/performance.

 

[red-demon652]

Ok wow thanks maverick for the welcome. Yes i belive everyone agrees free floating should help me alot. My 6mm doesnt shoot too bad 1 to 3/4 moa have seen tighter but not consistant with other loads than what im shooting now. Im hoping floating might take out some of the inconsistancy Thanks everyone for the knowledge i realy appritiate the combacks. Ps. I realy like THR think ill stay awhile

 

[Maverick223]

Do that, we're glad to have you on board.

BTW, assuming that you handload (I figured this was plausible considering that the cartridge isn't the most common) you might want to give that new Superformance powder a shot. I haven't gotten my hands on any yet (but I plan to as soon as I need a new canister), but it is touted to add quite a bit of velocity.