I know that if I remove the scope with quick connect rings for cleaning that the scope should hold the accuracy, but what about removing the barrel and action from the stock. I have a rifle (.270 win) that needs resighted if I remove the stock. With a floating barrel it doesn't seem like a resight would be necessary.




Mitch

For peace of mind....yes. Taking the stock out in some guns makes more difference then other guns. It may be 1 inch it maybe 1 foot.

Again....peace of mind.

My answer is that in a typical factory ML, YES, your point of impact will change -- and often significantly.

You are correct, floating the barrel to relieve tension on the barrel will help. However, there is also tension on the action that can change when you remove it that will affect POI, often to a great extent. If you use a torque screwdriver and a standard technique (like front screw first, for example) to re-install the action it will help but not necessarily eliminate the problem.

The only real solution that I have found that actually has allowed me to do this without the need to re-zero is to pillar/resin bed the action. This involves installing metal tubes (pillars) around the action screw that go from the screw head to the bottom of the action. This way, rather than having a compressible stock material between action and screw when you tighten it, you have a solid connection that is the same every time. And by resin bedding, the action will be forced into the same tight and exact potision in the stock every time.

When I first got my Omega, I was frustrated greatly by the fact that the POI shifted as much as 6 inches at 100 yards when I removed the stock for cleaning or to work on it. After I installed pillars and resin-bedded it, I have never had to rezero after pulling and reinstalling the action. If you search "accurize omega" in this forum you'll find a thread from several months ago where I go into great detail on this.