Roger London
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I have a model 70 extreme weather that has almost sent me to the loony bin. I think I finally have a load that it likes, then it all falls apart again and I'm getting tired of burning powder and bullets to try and find something it likes. I really like the gun or it would have done headed down the road. Out of 6 factory loads and 3 different component bullets and 6 different powders I was about done. This stuff is too expensive and too hard to get to keep throwing it at this rifle. So out of desperation today, I put some pressure under the barrel with some plastic shims and, by golly, the loads that were floating around 3.5" suddenly dropped to 1.25". I used some old insurance ID cards that I had that are about the thickness of a credit card placed 3 thick. So now that it appears to need some forend pressure. It was free floated from the factory with a fluted sporter contour barrel and I'm thinking maybe it just isn't stiff enough to be free floated. So what is the best way to add forend pressure and make it permanent? I would assume bedding epoxy would be best, but how do you get it to the right thickness, applying adequate pressure? Or can the shims be trimmed and epoxied in with say, plastic welder epoxy?
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