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<blockquote data-quote="Susquatch" data-source="post: 1615301" data-attributes="member: 31264"><p>If you read one of my earlier notes, I did that on one of my very first custom rifles. I still have that rifle and I still love it. It's totally possible.</p><p></p><p>It's not that hard to do either. I used an old drill press to mill out the stock bedding area and epoxied in an aluminium block. I didn't even worry about the shape of the block because I subsequently epoxy bedded the action to the block. It all worked just fine.</p><p></p><p>However, today, you can buy a very nice stock from accurate innovations that already has the block epoxied into the walnut for a reasonable price. If you want it, they will even do fancy walnut for you at a much higher price of course.</p><p></p><p>Today, I have a mill and I would not hesitate to do a bedding block in a walnut stock again.</p><p></p><p>I admit that you do have me thinking about all this a fair bit. I believe I already discussed the bedding problems that I have had with Sakos. It seems the bedding either works or doesn't with them for me. And it's ALWAYS sensitive to screw torque which indicates to me that all of them could be improved.</p><p></p><p>A bedding block "MIGHT" well be the answer to these problems....... At the very least, it might be a very worthy experiment. I don't know what vintage Sako you have, but the latest 85s actually have a very small "bedding block" screwed into the wood at the front of the receiver. I'm sure they don't call it a bedding block, but that's a reasonable way to look at it. It's a small piece of steel with a recess in it to accept the actions recoil lug.</p><p></p><p>The problem with Sakos approach is the stress that darned thing introduces. The action stress is downright horrible on every rifle I have measured that has one of those - even those that shoot well!</p><p></p><p>So maybe putting in a full bedding block and getting rid of that contraption might work really well........ <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Susquatch, post: 1615301, member: 31264"] If you read one of my earlier notes, I did that on one of my very first custom rifles. I still have that rifle and I still love it. It's totally possible. It's not that hard to do either. I used an old drill press to mill out the stock bedding area and epoxied in an aluminium block. I didn't even worry about the shape of the block because I subsequently epoxy bedded the action to the block. It all worked just fine. However, today, you can buy a very nice stock from accurate innovations that already has the block epoxied into the walnut for a reasonable price. If you want it, they will even do fancy walnut for you at a much higher price of course. Today, I have a mill and I would not hesitate to do a bedding block in a walnut stock again. I admit that you do have me thinking about all this a fair bit. I believe I already discussed the bedding problems that I have had with Sakos. It seems the bedding either works or doesn't with them for me. And it's ALWAYS sensitive to screw torque which indicates to me that all of them could be improved. A bedding block "MIGHT" well be the answer to these problems....... At the very least, it might be a very worthy experiment. I don't know what vintage Sako you have, but the latest 85s actually have a very small "bedding block" screwed into the wood at the front of the receiver. I'm sure they don't call it a bedding block, but that's a reasonable way to look at it. It's a small piece of steel with a recess in it to accept the actions recoil lug. The problem with Sakos approach is the stress that darned thing introduces. The action stress is downright horrible on every rifle I have measured that has one of those - even those that shoot well! So maybe putting in a full bedding block and getting rid of that contraption might work really well........ :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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