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Fluted Barrel full length bedding
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1877829" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>The reason I don't full length bed is the fact that any pressure applied to the forearm changes the loading on the barrel and shifts the POI. Rifles with tip pressure. (When the action is torqued down, the stock actually flexes/bends the barrel slightly)so the barrel can support the stock and normally makes the first shot fairly consistent. But if anything changes in the stock due to humidity, the point of contact with the support/rest changes, loading a by pod is not consistent, the point of impact can/will change.</p><p></p><p>All of this is negated if the barrel is floated and as long as the barrel touches nothing, accuracy and poi should remain the same. </p><p></p><p>There are times with very light contours, that something can be added to the tip of the stock that effectively shortens the effective length and the barrel responds like a very short barrel. When doing this, I prefer to apply a small area of bedding (1" wide) to the fore end at the same time I do the pillar bedding. This method does not do anything but dampen the barrel harmonics and doesn't add tip pressure that can change the loading. I also recommend that if this method is used, it appears to work best on stocks with heavy forearms (Very ridged).</p><p></p><p>The only practical use of full length bedding in my opinion is when a stock has full length contact buy the stock and barrel bands like on some military rifle Like the Mannlicher Carcano.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1877829, member: 2736"] The reason I don't full length bed is the fact that any pressure applied to the forearm changes the loading on the barrel and shifts the POI. Rifles with tip pressure. (When the action is torqued down, the stock actually flexes/bends the barrel slightly)so the barrel can support the stock and normally makes the first shot fairly consistent. But if anything changes in the stock due to humidity, the point of contact with the support/rest changes, loading a by pod is not consistent, the point of impact can/will change. All of this is negated if the barrel is floated and as long as the barrel touches nothing, accuracy and poi should remain the same. There are times with very light contours, that something can be added to the tip of the stock that effectively shortens the effective length and the barrel responds like a very short barrel. When doing this, I prefer to apply a small area of bedding (1" wide) to the fore end at the same time I do the pillar bedding. This method does not do anything but dampen the barrel harmonics and doesn't add tip pressure that can change the loading. I also recommend that if this method is used, it appears to work best on stocks with heavy forearms (Very ridged). The only practical use of full length bedding in my opinion is when a stock has full length contact buy the stock and barrel bands like on some military rifle Like the Mannlicher Carcano. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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