Bedding and truing opinions...

[eyekahn]

So I have finally got my 700AAC-SD where I want it. With a 2.5lb trigger and an A5 with my 168SMK handloads. Is truing and bedding gonna get me any better than the 1/2 moa that it shoots off of a rear bag and bipod? Here are a few 5 shot groups from today at 100 yards. The three fliers in the photos were already on the target from a buddies AK.

.580MOA

.467MOA

 

[Jethro3898]

Re: Bedding and truing opinions...

I would think it will help as long as you are capable of shooting it better. If you have it in a MacMillan A5, I'd just have it bedded (by a professional) and see how much that helps before I spend the dough on a truing job and a new barrel.

Good shootin' regardless of what you decide to do with it.

 

[Smsnipes]

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I don't see why it would not increase your accuracy, but honestly I personally believe more of it has to do with the barrel quality.

 

[7mmRM]

Re: Bedding and truing opinions...

Bed the stock. Burn up the factory tube. True it up at re barrel time.

 

[Boss334OP]

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In this order:
1. Burn up factory barrel
2. True the action and get a high quality barrel
3. Have the action bedded

 

[eyekahn]

Re: Bedding and truing opinions...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 7mmRM</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bed the stock. Burn up the factory tube. True it up at re barrel time. </div></div>

I like this idea.

 

[seanh]

Re: Bedding and truing opinions...

In this order:
1. Burn up factory barrel
2. True the action and get a high quality barrel
3. Have the action bedded [/quote'

^^^this^^^

no reason to do anything else...1/2 MOA is great. Maybe set the factory bbl back 1 turn and have a better chamber cut but that's about it.

before you spend anymore money on the gun, I'd spend money on ammo. More range time will probably shrink the groups a little. The two shots on the fist pic and the 1 on the 2nd appear to be breathing, trigger or heart rate issues...of course, it could just as well be the load.

 

[Red_SC]

Re: Bedding and truing opinions...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 7mmRM</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bed the stock. Burn up the factory tube. True it up at re barrel time. </div></div>

+1, exactly what I did. If you're handy, bedding is cheap and not difficult, and may help consistency. No need to true until you're ready for another barrel.

 

[ogonzalez13]

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Too many people gat caught up in trying to achieve extreme accuracy. If this is a "Tactical Match" rifle or just a fun paper and steel shooter, then I would say you are good to go.

All truing, bedding, and a quality barrel does is give you a greater degree of consistency. Those are some great groups, but do you and your rifle shoot like that every time? I say work on being consistent with that good shooting rifle and when the barrels burns out have it all trued up and install a quality barrel.

 

[eyekahn]

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It's always sub moa. It's a paper and steel puncher as of now but I want to get into long range competition eventually. I usually shoot to 400 yards and would like to go out further. Seems like I should bed it. Then run the barrel out and rebarrel and true it.

 

[6brshooter]

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Pillar and glass bed now, then true action when barrel goes tits up. Keep in mind that the lug area will need to be redone when new or surface ground factory lug is installed .

 

[The Gump]

Re: Bedding and truing opinions...

-I would choose the stock and bottom metal I wanted to put it in and bed it.

-If you want a bad ass barrel like a Rock, get one. My friends factory savage .308 barrel has thousands of rounds though it and it still shoots great. With this in mind if your barrel lasts thousands and thousands of rounds you will have something like $5k-$10k worth of ammo down the tube. So the cost of the new barrel/truing really isn't the expense here. It's the ammo.

-That being said, an aftermarket barrel can be cut with a tighter bore than factory which in theory should increase the velocity of the projectile all things being equal. I feel that the .308 could benefit more in this aspect from an aftermarket barrel than the increase in accuracy that may be realized seeing how your gun already shoots .5moa.