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Few Questions on Bedding Before I Start...
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<blockquote data-quote="4ked Horn" data-source="post: 88447" data-attributes="member: 11"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> - Why not just screw the barrel to the stock with the regular bolts instead of cutting the heads off other bolts and taping the barrel in place? Books that I have read just screw it in place, but here, you tape or tie. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>Tying or wraping with surgical tubing will hold the action in the stock firmly enough to get a good fit but if the stock is bowed at all in the action area the screws may flattent the stock turning it into a spring that can bear against the action even after the bedding hardens. If the action is held in place with surgical tubing the bedding will harden and then when the screws are tightened the stock will NOT flex against the action.</p><p></p><p>That is my understanding of it anyway. </p><p></p><p> [ QUOTE ]</p><p> Do I need a barrel pad? 2 inches? </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>No. Free float your barrel and dont worry about the pad. If it is a standard weight BBL you dont have enough weight to worry about.</p><p></p><p> [ QUOTE ]</p><p> Do I need to cut out material behind the lug as you would do with a wooden stock?</p><p> </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>I just did my brothers synth stock last week and I did. I used the dremel and a 1/8" ball cutter and freehanded a series of grooves infront of the lug area as well as behind the lug area so the bedding had some thickness and a little more surface area to grip.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a professional gunsmith but I hope this answers some of your questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4ked Horn, post: 88447, member: 11"] [ QUOTE ] - Why not just screw the barrel to the stock with the regular bolts instead of cutting the heads off other bolts and taping the barrel in place? Books that I have read just screw it in place, but here, you tape or tie. [/ QUOTE ] Tying or wraping with surgical tubing will hold the action in the stock firmly enough to get a good fit but if the stock is bowed at all in the action area the screws may flattent the stock turning it into a spring that can bear against the action even after the bedding hardens. If the action is held in place with surgical tubing the bedding will harden and then when the screws are tightened the stock will NOT flex against the action. That is my understanding of it anyway. [ QUOTE ] Do I need a barrel pad? 2 inches? [/ QUOTE ] No. Free float your barrel and dont worry about the pad. If it is a standard weight BBL you dont have enough weight to worry about. [ QUOTE ] Do I need to cut out material behind the lug as you would do with a wooden stock? [/ QUOTE ] I just did my brothers synth stock last week and I did. I used the dremel and a 1/8" ball cutter and freehanded a series of grooves infront of the lug area as well as behind the lug area so the bedding had some thickness and a little more surface area to grip. I'm not a professional gunsmith but I hope this answers some of your questions. [/QUOTE]
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