Help! Problems with 308

[Westtexan]

I have a SPS Tactical 308 that was shooting 1/2moa.... Put it in an HS Precision Stock and it was still shooting 1/2" moa... Skim bed the action and it looks great, action fits like a glove and now I cant shoot for crap... I am doing good to get 1" moa at 200yds... Thats on a good day. What the hell did I do wrong.. I am at the point I would like to play golf with the rifle....

Any Ideas?

 

[Bradley]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

Did you induce stress to the action with the bedding job?

 

[Furtaker_.223]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

Did you tork down the action to 55-60 inch pounds? Did you bed the recoil lug?

 

[Jhnmdahl]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

Where does contact with the stock stop? Is the barrel free floating along its entire length?

 

[Westtexan]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

The action is torqued down... I didnt think I stressed the action as I didnt put back in the action screws while I was bedding it... The bedding is 1" stops 1" after the lug... barrel is free floating from that point on..

 

[Westtexan]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

Recoil lug is bedded on action side but relived on barrel side

 

[tigerhawk]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

I usually bed 2-2.5"of the barrel beyond the recoil lug, rather than just 1", but that is just me. I also bed the lug on the action side and relieve it on the barrel side.

Separately, H-S Precision stocks have an aluminum bedding block which usually works quite well by itself. I have yet to bother bedding one, based on how the rifles shoot with the stocks as-is.

 

[Westtexan]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

yeah... I have others I have never bedded.. I should have just left it alone.... live and learn I guess...

 

[jedi8541]

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That HS precision stock has a full aluminum bedding block, you might have to ream out the action screw holes to make sure that your screws arent touching the bedding block. This happened to mine. I reamed out the holes 1/8" over the size of the screws and my groups went from 3/4 MOA at 100 yds to less than half.
I also reduced the rear action screw torque to 45" lbs. The rear action really doesnt matter like the front does. Be careful torqueing the front screw to 65" lbs if its factory bottom metal. They have been known to crack.

 

[Westtexan]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

Appreciate all the comments! I will try boring at the holes a little and see if that helps...

 

[Westtexan]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

did a little relief work to it... gonna take it to the range and see if it helped any... if not its time for a Manners T4

 

[dareposte]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

Is there sufficient clearance below the recoil lug?

 

[Westtexan]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

there should be... I took it down to original depth..

 

[snipedogg]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Westtexan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The action is torqued down... <span style="font-weight: bold">I didnt think I stressed the action as I didnt put back in the action screws</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">while I was bedding it...</span> The bedding is 1" stops 1" after the lug... barrel is free floating from that point on.. </div></div>

So are you saying that you didn't bolt the action back down when you bedded it?

 

[Westtexan]

Re: Help! Problems with 308

It was strapped down.. not bolted....