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Should I bed my H.S Precision stock?
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<blockquote data-quote="baldhunter" data-source="post: 224575" data-attributes="member: 11853"><p>OK,here's the deal.The Sendero has a factory laminated wood stock.The rifle is truely a tack driver and quite capable of a one ragged hole group if I do my part.I recently aquired it and had been working up some loads for it.I removed the stock and that's when everything went to crap from that time on.The barrel channel of the wood stock had some high spots in it and when you would tighten the action screws,sometime the barrel was free floating sometimes not.The screw at the recoil lug would even drag on the bolt making the action too tight to open,if the screw was tighten snug.I honed the end of the screw just enough so I could tighten it snug.I also notice the area behind the lug was slightly lower than the tang so this was stressing the action when it was tighten down.The wood stock most definatly has some bedding issues and that is what prompted me to purchase the H.S. Precision stock.I may get the wood stock bedded at a later date,but for now I'm going to use the synthetic stock.The H.S. Precision stock is my first experience with this type of bedding system.When I installed it,I noticed that the aluminum bedding block is the whole foundation for the action.The stock itself really doesn't cradle the action like other stocks.The action seems to work really smooth now and hopefully this will get me back to printing those tight little groups again.If I think I need to do any bedding,the first thing I'll do is,put a light coat of black shoe polish paste on the bedding lug and tang,mix up a small batch of 5 minute epoxy glue for the recoil lug and tang and screw her down.I've done this to some of my other rifles and it seemed to shrink the groups a 1/4" or more and can easily be removed if you want to.I don't think the H.S. stock is going to need any bedding,I was just wondering what most people do with theirs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="baldhunter, post: 224575, member: 11853"] OK,here's the deal.The Sendero has a factory laminated wood stock.The rifle is truely a tack driver and quite capable of a one ragged hole group if I do my part.I recently aquired it and had been working up some loads for it.I removed the stock and that's when everything went to crap from that time on.The barrel channel of the wood stock had some high spots in it and when you would tighten the action screws,sometime the barrel was free floating sometimes not.The screw at the recoil lug would even drag on the bolt making the action too tight to open,if the screw was tighten snug.I honed the end of the screw just enough so I could tighten it snug.I also notice the area behind the lug was slightly lower than the tang so this was stressing the action when it was tighten down.The wood stock most definatly has some bedding issues and that is what prompted me to purchase the H.S. Precision stock.I may get the wood stock bedded at a later date,but for now I'm going to use the synthetic stock.The H.S. Precision stock is my first experience with this type of bedding system.When I installed it,I noticed that the aluminum bedding block is the whole foundation for the action.The stock itself really doesn't cradle the action like other stocks.The action seems to work really smooth now and hopefully this will get me back to printing those tight little groups again.If I think I need to do any bedding,the first thing I'll do is,put a light coat of black shoe polish paste on the bedding lug and tang,mix up a small batch of 5 minute epoxy glue for the recoil lug and tang and screw her down.I've done this to some of my other rifles and it seemed to shrink the groups a 1/4" or more and can easily be removed if you want to.I don't think the H.S. stock is going to need any bedding,I was just wondering what most people do with theirs. [/QUOTE]
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