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Full length barrel bedding
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<blockquote data-quote="25WSM" data-source="post: 1856629" data-attributes="member: 38048"><p>I never put bedding under the chamber. My bedding stops at the recoil lug. Chambers heat up and the barrel expands there at a different rate than the receiver. Even my 30 plus inch barrels hang the whole way. The biggest problem with full length bedding is that the fore end has to be in the same spot on the bags or front rest or you will get verticle in your group. And what happens when you shoot several shots and the barrel gets bigger from heat and pushes against the bedding. The whole idea of bedding is to have no stress on the action. Well if the barrel fits perfect like the action and the barrel gets bigger then that is going to cause stress. I think it's best to let the barrel do like it wants with no interference. Walk down the line of a short or long range match or even PRS and tell me how many rifles are not free floated. If they shot better a different way they would be all doing it. Almost every AR made today has a free floating fore end/ handguard. Why. They are more accurate with nothing touching the barrel. Easier too install too. These are just my thoughts and observation. Expementing is part of the fun of building rifles. Maybe it will work ok for. Let us know how it does.</p><p>Shep</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="25WSM, post: 1856629, member: 38048"] I never put bedding under the chamber. My bedding stops at the recoil lug. Chambers heat up and the barrel expands there at a different rate than the receiver. Even my 30 plus inch barrels hang the whole way. The biggest problem with full length bedding is that the fore end has to be in the same spot on the bags or front rest or you will get verticle in your group. And what happens when you shoot several shots and the barrel gets bigger from heat and pushes against the bedding. The whole idea of bedding is to have no stress on the action. Well if the barrel fits perfect like the action and the barrel gets bigger then that is going to cause stress. I think it's best to let the barrel do like it wants with no interference. Walk down the line of a short or long range match or even PRS and tell me how many rifles are not free floated. If they shot better a different way they would be all doing it. Almost every AR made today has a free floating fore end/ handguard. Why. They are more accurate with nothing touching the barrel. Easier too install too. These are just my thoughts and observation. Expementing is part of the fun of building rifles. Maybe it will work ok for. Let us know how it does. Shep [/QUOTE]
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