bedding a flimsy remington stock?

[chainsaw]

Hi,I have a remington 700 that has this flimsy feeling factory synthetic stock.I was wanting to know if it would be a waste of time glass bedding the thing?

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[the4thshake]

Short answer.....yes

Pick up a more rigid stock. The factory one is a lost cause. Get one with pillars or a bedding block.

 

[erudne]

This is a common problem w/plastic stocks
All I could recommend is to inspect the forend to see if it will accept some plywood inserts to make it more ridged and shoot some expanding foam into the void in the butt-stock

 

[chainsaw]

There IS abig void in the forearm.I was thinking of putting some sort of aluminum rod in it or something like that.maybe a nice new wood stock would be a better choice?

 

[cookie]

How does the rifle shoot?

 

[jluck]

There is a common practice with using carbon arrows epoxied in place to help stiffen plastic stocks. Early Steyr prohunter rifles has this issue too.

 

[simon99]

What are you trying to accomplish? More accuracy? Longer range? What?

It does little good to drop money on a new aftermarket stock if you are not using it for its purpose. If you have a Rem. 700 in 30.06 and use it for hunting every season, I'd say leave it as is.....If you want to completely redo what you have, provide some more info, we're here to help!

 

[chainsaw]

Thanks to all for the replys.The rifle shoots ok,not great but acceptable for hunting.I was just wanting to squeeze a little more accuracy out of it.probably more than anything,I want to see positive results from a little tinkering.Not looking for a 1000 yrd rifle,its only a 243w anyway.