Remington 700 SPS Varmint bedding the rifle action part 9/9

[MrSteamdog]

Thanks for the videos..Very good job and very informative.......Jimmy

[Jmanwit]

Apparently messages don't work from an iPad. Would you happen to have a good picture of what you took out in order to free float the barrel? I have the stock in front of me and am really curious as to how much I need to to take off. Any issues with a bipod flexing the stock and contacting the barrel?

[bjizzle123]

@Jmanwit just give it 1/8 to 1/16 space to float in and you will be fine,

but before you go working on your rifle make sure you can get all of your accuracy out of it, my exact rifle as this one is factory and holds 5 shots just over half inch at 100 yards with good loads.

[Yellowshark667]

Great set of videos, thanks for sharing.

[vince38curious2]

I would say that is Way better than spending 300 quid on a custom stock. I plan on buying a Savage Axis in the next couple of months and I am also planning on doing a bedding job on that rifle regardless of the accuracy out of the box. Simply because I know it works. First video faved for future reference. Thanks.

[FourFingersofDeath]

Good result. Aren't groups measured centre to centre? I have just bought two SPS hunting rifles (a 270Win and a 375 Holland and Holland) and if they don't come up to speed they will get this treatment. You came up with some interesting ideas. Cheap and resourceful solutions, well done that man!

[FourFingersofDeath]

Good result. Aren't groups measured centre to centre? I have just bought two SPS hunting rifles (a 270Win and a 375 Holland and Holland) and if they don't come up to speed they will get this treatment. See second post for the rest of it!

[JLA1911A1]

very well put together video series. The DEVCON is a fantastic bedding material, but there is an equal. Regular JB weld for steel, not the JB qwik, the regular JB weld. It is much less expensive and just as strong, and easier to mix. I did my rem 700 .243 and the groups went from1.75 MOA to .75 MOA...

[PrimitiveVsns]

Care to bed my 700 sps in .223?

[jimsk9s]

Great vids thank you very much. Your practical and budget friendly approach has given me the motivation to try it myself before I go out and spend big bucks on a new stock......

[themusicanhuman]

Very good impressive patientnness, good instructions and solutions, THANK YOU Mate HIP HIP

[IGGLTU]

Man Great Video....very well done,helpful,well thought out.Run you some Berger VLDs155s down the pipe now and see what that thing will do....

[IrishFoodHunter]

Excellent series, thanks so much mate, i really appreciate the step by step syle show, im gonna do this to my all weather ruger hawkeye before this season, Cheers!

[bmwmad1]

Legend! This 9 part series was more entertaining to watch than a lot of TV shows! Well done and I'm happy it worked out so well for you! Thanks heaps for uploading the videos.

[10sec240sx]

Great vids, I plan to do this to mine fairly soon. I was wondering though... Have you tried every bullet available? I mean have you shot 3 round groups from multiple kinds of ammo? Because every rifle will like a different round. For example, I have shot nearly every available .223 ammo through my rifle and as it turns out it hates expensive ammo. At 100 yards using hornandy i get a spread of 4 inches. But using cheapo remington 45grain JHP I can shoot dimes at over 200 yards...

[gabrfoss]

Bel lavoro!!!!

[dlveach]

Proper job. I really appreciated you sharing your experience.  Thank you for documenting it so well. Haven't the right opportunity yet to try it myself but watching this made me look forward to it when I do.

[rosstherock]

Love your work, I'm about to make a stock and this makes the job of bedding a lot clearer to me, well done.

[skinny1960]

Great job. The lighting was a little low, or my eyes aren't as good as they once were, but very informative video you made. I am getting ready to tackle a glass bedding job on my own rifle, and now have the confidence to do myself after watching you. Thank you for taking the time to teach!

[MOLRobocop]

Excellent series.

[bigstevoUK]

Thanks mate, great selection of videos, keep us imformed of you progress..... Well done.

[kalashnikovia]

Excellent job, and thank you so much for filming this project; very informative.

[sharky0922]

got the same model but in 223,

good job you did over there, but is hard job so i'm going with new stock, besides i don;t like look of that stock ;P

[stingisoyou]

Great set of vids! One thing to consider if you haven't already, is to lap your scope rings. This will aid you if your scope were any issues in your grouping.

[BrassTurds]

Great video man!! Keep up the great work, eh?

[wildernesseducation]

Honest answer is i don't know the only way to tell the quality of the fit between the stock and the action is to seperate the action from the stock.

Only the action should be touching the stock and not the barrel

[joehunt1980]

you can tell if your rifle needs to be bedded. you watch the stock at the front of the action and loosen the front action screw, if the action lifts a little then the action and stock are under tension and will benifit from bedding. i have found that some magazine boxes bottom out on the action when tightening them down too which stresses everything big time so sometimes you will need to file the box down to give it clearance when clamped down @ anyone who cares lol :-j

[bolluxthen0]

Outstanding effort young man - thank you for taking the trouble to video it.

[phgHunter]

Wow, how does any reputable firearm manufacturer get away with making a rifle like that? You definitely did a great job.

[1122ss]

I am sure it was worth the effort. Tight groups say it all.

[oledognes]

nice videos. I just bought a XCR TACTICAl COMPACT a year ago. and it shoots very nice groups, it comes with a 40x trigger also, so you dont have to upgrade the trigger on it.

[lordnikonone]

How does your SPS compare to your Tikka now that you bedded it?

[wildernesseducation]

Accuracy is pretty comparable now that i have bedded the Remy. But the Tikka handles better, the bolt is as smooth as silk and the trigger is really crisp compared to the 700. I will need to upgrade the stock trigger on the 700 to get it to feel anything like the T3.

[lordnikonone]

If you get your bolt jeweled and get a Timney trigger on do you think that would probably do it? I ask because I'm looking at a Remy XCR Tactical, but for half the cost and a bit of work with the SPS varmint I could have a comparable piece of equipment minus the Bell Carlson stock. I don't care about brand name, just results. I have tried the T3s too and I agree they are silky smooth. Thanks for any help and keep the vids coming.

[Jesusfish21]

yo dude, save up and get a nice mcmillan stock

[RazorWindNPPL]

The SPS Varmint is a fantastic rifle for the price.. The stock however is not much better than a piece of tupperware... Upgrade the stock to a pre-bedded stock, maybe a bell and carlson medalist, or an hs precision and without hardly any work it turns into a real gem of a rifle.

[wildernesseducation]

I agree that SPS V is a good rifle for the price however i think the SPS should stand for "Shit plastic stock" and you need to upgrade it to get the most out of the rifle. I would love to put a HS or B&C stock on it. However money is tight for everyone at the moment especial for me as i am doing my degree at the moment so bedding the rifle into the existing stock was a cheaper solution to my accuracy problems and it worked. The SPS is good just expect to have to upgrade it if you get one

[RazorWindNPPL]

I here you, I'm currently working on my degree as well and I don't have much money to spend on anything but rent and tuition. Here in the US you can get a B&C medalist tactical varminter or light tactical for $200 shipped. It's no small chuck of change but I wouldnt say its too bad considering the quality. Compares nicely to a $400 HS precision. Im not sure if it is more money across the pond but if it is you could try getting one shipped in.

[wildernesseducation]

No point trying to get one shiped from the US to the UK becuase it is classed as a firearm part and has recently come under heavy export restriction imposed by your ATF i have to sign end user agreements and all sorts. Then i would also have to pay tax on it as well. Trust me i have looked into it it would be cheaper to buy one heer. However as my GF is from MN i might be able to fedex a stock home under the radar so to speek without incountering paper work & tax when i over this christmas

[notingXworks]

I was thinking of gettin the same gun in 20-250 but I got a question. when u free floted the barrle did it make it more accurate?

[wildernesseducation]

it did but the point of impact was constantly changing because the action was moving in the stock hence why i bedded the rifle.

The sps v is a good starting point for a rifle if you are going to mod or upgreade parts like the stock. But if you want somting that shoots well out the box with no hassel then go for somthing better.

[1967spud]

what do you fancy doing next mate

[wildernesseducation]

I want to fit a timny trigger to improve the accuracy even further.  My first two flyers on the test target were because the trigger is not very good... it feels crisp but when you get behind the rifle and try shooting very accuratly the trigger breaks at a slightly different from shot to shot. So a new trigger whould be nice.

[HumanoidComplex]

good choice on showing the before and after targets. obviously paid off.

[jonher]

Well done mate, I'm pleased to see everything worked out great in the end. Looking forward to your next set of videos.