Post by: wooltie on March 15, 2019, 08:55:54 AM
Seems like some people bed just recoil lug, other bed the lug and forward of the lug to support the barrel shank.
Any thoughts on bedding the barrel shank as well, or bedding just the recoil lug and having nothing touch the barrel?
Post by: Bill W on March 15, 2019, 09:53:04 AM
Post by: Crunchy on March 15, 2019, 09:57:17 AM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on March 15, 2019, 10:01:01 AM
I used to get good results bedding up to the nose of the cartridge. That's how far up the barrel I would bed. Also all bolt areas on the action.:yeah: This is what I've done. Seems to work fine for me.
Post by: b23 on March 15, 2019, 12:09:47 PM
My manners arrives next week and I plan to bed my m70 long action w/#5 sporter contour.
Seems like some people bed just recoil lug, other bed the lug and forward of the lug to support the barrel shank.
Any thoughts on bedding the barrel shank as well, or bedding just the recoil lug and having nothing touch the barrel?
Probably a good amount of personal preference, depending on the gunsmith/person, doing the bedding, but I don't really like anything touching the barrel forward of the recoil lug.
I'd also recommend a full action bedding as well as having pillars installed. Stocks with the aluminium bedding block, like HS Prec., don't need pillars but I still have those stocks fully skim bed for the action. I think anything wood or fiberglass, or pretty much any stock without an aluminium bedding block, should always have pillars installed. The heavier the recoil a rifle may have, the more important it is to have pillars installed.
Post by: wooltie on March 15, 2019, 12:28:52 PM
My manners arrives next week and I plan to bed my m70 long action w/#5 sporter contour.
Seems like some people bed just recoil lug, other bed the lug and forward of the lug to support the barrel shank.
Any thoughts on bedding the barrel shank as well, or bedding just the recoil lug and having nothing touch the barrel?
Probably a good amount of personal preference, depending on the gunsmith/person, doing the bedding, but I don't really like anything touching the barrel forward of the recoil lug.
I'd also recommend a full action bedding as well as having pillars installed. Stocks with the aluminium bedding block, like HS Prec., don't need pillars but I still have those stocks fully skim bed for the action. I think anything wood or fiberglass, or pretty much any stock without an aluminium bedding block, should always have pillars installed. The heavier the recoil a rifle may have, the more important it is to have pillars installed.
I bought a manners w/pillars installed that will arrive next week. The barrel on the model 70 is raised from the bottom of the rifle action, so floating the entire barrel is rather easy. Unlike a remington action where the bottom of the barrel and the bottom of the action action are on the same plane.
Post by: Crunchy on March 15, 2019, 12:39:25 PM
Post by: jasnt on March 15, 2019, 12:50:44 PM
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on March 15, 2019, 05:15:30 PM
Post by: wooltie on March 19, 2019, 10:44:40 AM
I'll bed the recoil lug for sure, and look at skim bedding the front action (because the action is flat) and the rear tang.
Post by: Crunchy on March 19, 2019, 01:32:28 PM
Post by: wooltie on March 19, 2019, 01:44:20 PM
You plan to dam up the voids and bed the entire action?
Post by: Crunchy on March 19, 2019, 01:52:41 PM
Post by: wooltie on March 19, 2019, 02:28:20 PM
Thats the plan. Going skim bed the action and likley bed an 1-2 inches forward of the lug. Have some additional fit testing later today. Fairly tight fit already.
I'm tempted to bed forward of the lug to end of chamber. Can always remove compound later if accuracy sucks.
Post by: Crunchy on March 19, 2019, 07:59:22 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on March 19, 2019, 08:28:48 PM
Well the barrel is sitting in the bedded stock drying. Took a few hours to prep everything. If you don't hear from me for a few days, the release agent didn't work, and my brand new stock is toast :chuckle: or permanently attached to my action. Waxed everything twice so praying it works as planned. Its only my second bed job, so I am not feeling overly confident.if it does stick, you can put it in the freezer to help release it
Post by: Crunchy on March 19, 2019, 08:38:04 PM
Post by: Bill W on March 20, 2019, 09:05:41 AM
Well the barrel is sitting in the bedded stock drying. Took a few hours to prep everything. If you don't hear from me for a few days, the release agent didn't work, and my brand new stock is toast :chuckle: or permanently attached to my action. Waxed everything twice so praying it works as planned. Its only my second bed job, so I am not feeling overly confident.
I bought a .30/06 that someone glued together (no release agent) and it was an excellent shooter until I needed to pull the action from the stock. I pushed it back together afterwards and it had a lot of stress. Shot poor groups. I wouldn't hesitate to glue one together again, provided I didn't need to pull it apart later.
Post by: Crunchy on March 20, 2019, 12:25:41 PM
Post by: jasnt on March 20, 2019, 12:29:48 PM
Post by: Crunchy on March 20, 2019, 01:09:31 PM
Post by: wooltie on March 20, 2019, 03:25:49 PM
Will need to cut the pillars to size and install the pillars as well.
Overall finish and construction is nice, just isn't exactly 'drop in' ready.
Post by: Crunchy on March 20, 2019, 04:46:23 PM
Post by: wooltie on March 20, 2019, 05:39:05 PM
Looks Purdy. Drop in ready means its close enough for government work :chuckle: Swamp camo?
It wouldn't drop in actually. I had to remove material around the rear Tang to allow the bolt release pin to clear. Then removed material around the barrel shank to allow the barrel to sit and float.