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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
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Load development prior to bedding?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1615878" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>I have bedded a great many rifles over the last 50 years. Many shot better after bedding, some the same, none shot worse. In all that time I do not recall EVER having to change a good shooting load after bedding a rifle. Do some load development and barrel break in while you have the time free.</p><p></p><p>Only way to really know if your bedding has helped is to shoot them before and after anyways. That way you can talk from personal experience rather than relying on Interweb legends and info passed on by people who haven't actually tried it themselves, just pass on what they think or read somewhere else..</p><p></p><p>Let us know how they shoot not bedded and then followup and let us know how they shoot after bedding and what kind of bedding you did. By the way, plastic stocks bed just fine, drill some 1/8" shallow holes for the bedding to grab on to. Also, clean them well with alcohol to ensure there is no oil residue on them, which is most often the cause of bedding not adhering properly. Should do this with fibre and wood stocks too. I would be hugely surprised, nay even shocked, to hear a good shooting load doesn't shoot good after bedding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1615878, member: 26077"] I have bedded a great many rifles over the last 50 years. Many shot better after bedding, some the same, none shot worse. In all that time I do not recall EVER having to change a good shooting load after bedding a rifle. Do some load development and barrel break in while you have the time free. Only way to really know if your bedding has helped is to shoot them before and after anyways. That way you can talk from personal experience rather than relying on Interweb legends and info passed on by people who haven't actually tried it themselves, just pass on what they think or read somewhere else.. Let us know how they shoot not bedded and then followup and let us know how they shoot after bedding and what kind of bedding you did. By the way, plastic stocks bed just fine, drill some 1/8" shallow holes for the bedding to grab on to. Also, clean them well with alcohol to ensure there is no oil residue on them, which is most often the cause of bedding not adhering properly. Should do this with fibre and wood stocks too. I would be hugely surprised, nay even shocked, to hear a good shooting load doesn't shoot good after bedding. [/QUOTE]
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