Rifle bedding

[Nessal]

How much does bedding a remington 700 usually cost? Does anyone know who offers this service in the bay? Is it necessary to bed a new rifle?

[swerv512]

How much does bedding a remington 700 usually cost? Does anyone know who offers this service in the bay? Is it necessary to bed a new rifle?

not necessary but depending on the current rifle, accuracy can be increased. what model do you have?

[Nessal]

700 SPS Varmint .308 short action

[swerv512]

it seems to be affirmed that a change of stock would result in significant gains...
read this: http://www.snipercentral.com/remspsv.htm

[ar15barrels]

700 SPS Varmint .308 short action

Your stock is not solid enough for bedding to make any difference.
Get a more solid stock before you expend any effort to improve bedding.

[Nessal]

Thanks for the info guys. I didn't know that I needed a better stock for bedding. I'm looking into Mcmillan stocks and AI stocks right now. How can one get a "feel" for the stock before he/she pulls the trigger?

[Tony.]

Thanks for the info guys. I didn't know that I needed a better stock for bedding. I'm looking into Mcmillan stocks and AI stocks right now. How can one get a "feel" for the stock before he/she pulls the trigger?

Apples and oranges here. I personally love the AICS stock, but others hate it. The benefit of the AICS is that it does not need to be bedded. If going the McMillan route, the M40/HTG is more of your "traditional" stock, the A series is a great series but you need to match the stock to your preferences.

[phish]

How can one get a "feel" for the stock before he/she pulls the trigger?

start frequenting the range more and nicely ask someone to get behind their rifle if you see a stock that catches your fancy, just be prepared to run into anti-social types, they are out there