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Need Advice Glass Bedding a Winchester M70
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 798263" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>DaveinJax, I related what a well known gunmaker actually did on their "top of the line" factory rifle with a flat action. Not speculation. Opinions are a dime per dozen.</p><p></p><p>There is no doubt that flat bottomed actions are trickier to bed than cylindrical ones. Part of that is because a flat bottomed / square sided action does not "nest" well (very good location vertically but poor laterally) and partly because the way it is cut the actual surface area for bedding is quite restricted. Some custom actions resolve this issue by using hexagonal or octagonal stock which allows enough "draw" to let the action come free of the bedding material after its sets up.</p><p></p><p>I have built a lot of precision fixtures for a living and the only time you can get good location out of flat things is with 2 dowel holes.. Whereas V blocks give you constraint in 2 axis right away. </p><p></p><p>The OP is clearly within his rights to do this job however he wants. I am also not selling anything. I just happen to own an Icon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 798263, member: 35183"] DaveinJax, I related what a well known gunmaker actually did on their "top of the line" factory rifle with a flat action. Not speculation. Opinions are a dime per dozen. There is no doubt that flat bottomed actions are trickier to bed than cylindrical ones. Part of that is because a flat bottomed / square sided action does not "nest" well (very good location vertically but poor laterally) and partly because the way it is cut the actual surface area for bedding is quite restricted. Some custom actions resolve this issue by using hexagonal or octagonal stock which allows enough "draw" to let the action come free of the bedding material after its sets up. I have built a lot of precision fixtures for a living and the only time you can get good location out of flat things is with 2 dowel holes.. Whereas V blocks give you constraint in 2 axis right away. The OP is clearly within his rights to do this job however he wants. I am also not selling anything. I just happen to own an Icon. [/QUOTE]
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