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How much bedding compound do you leave in front of the recoil lug?
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<blockquote data-quote="engineer40" data-source="post: 1135860" data-attributes="member: 90399"><p>Is there an accuracy advantage of not bedding the entire action and leaving the middle free floated? Or is this a case of the law of diminishing returns? (Where you can most of the accuracy improvements from just doing the front and back? </p><p></p><p></p><p>I personally leave the last 1/8 inch of the rear tang area of the stock for the action to rest on. Then I wrap the barrel in tape a few times near the end of the forearm (to free float and center the barrel in the forearm). I then remove a bit of material in the stock all the way through. The only metal parts of the rifle that are touching the stock are the tiny bit of rear tang and the taped wrapped barrel. </p><p></p><p>I bed it all the way through; from 1/4 inch in front of the recoil lug to the end of the rear tang. The actions are very tight and so far have proven to shoot exceptionally well afterwards. But I'm always looking to learn more and maybe the extra effort I am putting in isn't worth it? </p><p></p><p>I build a small putty dam about 1/4 inch in front of the recoil lug to stop any compound from going further forward. </p><p></p><p>The rifles that do not have metal pillars I will also drill the receiver bolt holes larger on purpose and make sure those are filled with the bedding compound as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="engineer40, post: 1135860, member: 90399"] Is there an accuracy advantage of not bedding the entire action and leaving the middle free floated? Or is this a case of the law of diminishing returns? (Where you can most of the accuracy improvements from just doing the front and back? I personally leave the last 1/8 inch of the rear tang area of the stock for the action to rest on. Then I wrap the barrel in tape a few times near the end of the forearm (to free float and center the barrel in the forearm). I then remove a bit of material in the stock all the way through. The only metal parts of the rifle that are touching the stock are the tiny bit of rear tang and the taped wrapped barrel. I bed it all the way through; from 1/4 inch in front of the recoil lug to the end of the rear tang. The actions are very tight and so far have proven to shoot exceptionally well afterwards. But I'm always looking to learn more and maybe the extra effort I am putting in isn't worth it? I build a small putty dam about 1/4 inch in front of the recoil lug to stop any compound from going further forward. The rifles that do not have metal pillars I will also drill the receiver bolt holes larger on purpose and make sure those are filled with the bedding compound as well. [/QUOTE]
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