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Recoil Bedding Attempt: Part Deux
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<blockquote data-quote="VinceMule" data-source="post: 2712391" data-attributes="member: 122164"><p>Do some Quality Control on your Bedding Job by Doing the following: Stand your rifle straight up on the butt. Jam your index finger on the end of the forearm tip, pushing up on the barrel. Now, loosen the front guard screw. If you feel any movement, with your finger, give the stock another skim coat, and allow the action to float in the bedding compound.</p><p></p><p>On stocks or bedding blocks with a lot of warpage, I have had to bed them 3 times to get zero movements. Tightening those guard screws down real tight on the first bedding often leads to failure in QC.</p><p></p><p>Guys with a magnetic base and indicator can check the amount of movement easily. .003 movement seems like a country mile</p><p></p><p>My brother came up with a very, very unconventional way to bed those Remington Plastic stocks that work well more times than not. He put the small stick-on tire weights in the forearm, as many as he could get in the hollow section without touching the barrel with nothing else added. The glue on the wheel weights is amazing. Then he bedded the action and recoil lug, drilling 1/8" holes with his Dremel tool. Next, he used some Lead Wool with some Bondo in the butt stock. I am a die-hard McMillen man, and this approach makes me want to gag, but every rifle I have seen this done to simply shoots a ragged hole. The weight added, stiffer butt stock, and forearm is magic. This method was way off the charts for me, but his small groups in many rifles are a testimony to the success of the method. Brother shoots right out of his garage and reloads on the spot. He has learned to tune loads without much fuss. Two months ago, he got a matt finish SPS Rem 700 in 30/06 back from the gunsmith after having a Gentry muzzle break installed. He did the stock work and called me over. Using 155g Berger VLD-Hunting bullets, he was shooting 2" groups at 500 with a top-end Leupold 5x35 or something like that. He has done the same with Model 7's with plastic stock...unreal accuracy after the bedding and Gentry brake...sub 1/2" groups on all, 243 Win, 7/08, and 308</p><p></p><p>Some would object to the additional weight, and none would object to the accuracy and shoot ability of the rifles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VinceMule, post: 2712391, member: 122164"] Do some Quality Control on your Bedding Job by Doing the following: Stand your rifle straight up on the butt. Jam your index finger on the end of the forearm tip, pushing up on the barrel. Now, loosen the front guard screw. If you feel any movement, with your finger, give the stock another skim coat, and allow the action to float in the bedding compound. On stocks or bedding blocks with a lot of warpage, I have had to bed them 3 times to get zero movements. Tightening those guard screws down real tight on the first bedding often leads to failure in QC. Guys with a magnetic base and indicator can check the amount of movement easily. .003 movement seems like a country mile My brother came up with a very, very unconventional way to bed those Remington Plastic stocks that work well more times than not. He put the small stick-on tire weights in the forearm, as many as he could get in the hollow section without touching the barrel with nothing else added. The glue on the wheel weights is amazing. Then he bedded the action and recoil lug, drilling 1/8" holes with his Dremel tool. Next, he used some Lead Wool with some Bondo in the butt stock. I am a die-hard McMillen man, and this approach makes me want to gag, but every rifle I have seen this done to simply shoots a ragged hole. The weight added, stiffer butt stock, and forearm is magic. This method was way off the charts for me, but his small groups in many rifles are a testimony to the success of the method. Brother shoots right out of his garage and reloads on the spot. He has learned to tune loads without much fuss. Two months ago, he got a matt finish SPS Rem 700 in 30/06 back from the gunsmith after having a Gentry muzzle break installed. He did the stock work and called me over. Using 155g Berger VLD-Hunting bullets, he was shooting 2" groups at 500 with a top-end Leupold 5x35 or something like that. He has done the same with Model 7's with plastic stock...unreal accuracy after the bedding and Gentry brake...sub 1/2" groups on all, 243 Win, 7/08, and 308 Some would object to the additional weight, and none would object to the accuracy and shoot ability of the rifles. [/QUOTE]
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