![]() I have owned more than a few Weatherby Accumarks and an accomplished long range shooter and fellow owner of said once told me that the accumark stock and action fit together like a sow in a sack until the actions were bedded. Last edited by 243winxb 02-08-2019 at 12:27 PM.Stray Dog, I will offer this. Metal does expand on firing, even more so with some modern cartridges running at 65,000 PSI. I agree, no bedding in front of the lug. Requiring a lot of wood to be removed from the forearm. With the bedding remove, the heavy barrel drooped a lot. I ended up removing the bedding in front of the lug myself. Had some problems with the work and accuracy. My first rebarrel on a M70 by paul jaeger gunsmith jenkintown pa in the 70s, had about 2" of bedding in front of the lug. Now if someone a lot smarter then i, would comment, might be more interesting. The above is very interesting to look at online. Applying bedding with 9 lbs up pressure on the muzzle of the barrel, when the up pressure is withdrawn, would seem to apply a leverage effect on the action? Or more stress on tne action? How the barrel is bedded may make a difference?ġ.Barrel, If bedded while free hanging, under its own weight, there should not be any leverage applied? And no benifit from the bedding?Ģ. Last edited by chino69 02-08-2019 at 07:39 AM.īedding in front of the recoil lug may act as a wedge? The barrels weight becomes the lever. P.s.: You no longer tape the sides and front of the recoil lug when bedding? What is the reason for that? I can now sleep a bit easier at night and only worry myself about the current state of humanity. Actually I follow your posts as I enjoy your wit and experience. As far as your 1st analogy about the sword swishing around I liken it to the use of spices when making food dishes it sets it apart from a bland response. I appreciate you taking the time to perform this little test and to satisfy the answer to my question. Nowadays I'm more worried about other forces, resistance to uplift, feedback and stock flex thru the magazine area, I hadn't taken the time to think this thru for quite some time.Al, Nowadays I'm more worried about other forces, resistance to uplift, feedback and stock flex thru the magazine area, I hadn't taken the time to think this thru for quite some time. I hadn't really thought about this for 20+yrs, back when I was asking the same question! And guys like Jim Borden were telling me "don't bed the barrel" Your Borden is wikkid fine.Īnd I realized another thing. So, I stand by my contention that there's no reason to bed the barrel on a Rem700 or modern custom action. One of the things that became apparent to me while fiddling with this is, this is a good design! Some actions, like the Weatherby's have the front screw actually in the lug, ALL of the bending forces are absorbed by the action rails and body. And what I'm saying is ON THE REM700 it doesn't take much pressure to suck the screw down, in fact with an inletting screw in place you can pull it down with your fingers. Now, when the front screw is loosened and tightened the barrel falls down into the forend channel.the rear tang lifts. I installed the front action screw leaving the back or tang screw out. this is one I did back when I taped the front and sides of the lugs. Wide open freefloat around the barrel and for once, some play in the recoil bedding. 1.250 shank for 3" then tapered to just over an inch at the muzzle. (I got guilty thinking my swishing the sword around analogy might seem flippant)īig 30" live varmint barrel on a Rem 700. I just got back up from the shop, bedding some guns, lapping and mounting and gluing scopes. Seriously? We're worried about WEIGHT on the joint? Bending or lifting the action center? We take the barreled action out of the stock and we hold it, like a pool cue, or like a sword. maybe TONS.but we don't have PERSPECTIVE yet. ![]() So we've got a threaded barrel tenon over an inch in diameter threaded into an action at near an inch three fifty, seems we're talking about "hundreds of pounds" here, maybe thousands. As with things like the size of our galaxy, or the number of dollar bills in our national debt, I like to "put things into perspective I can grasp" My only reason for asking is I have seen it done by some gunsmiths who build accurate rifles. My real question relates to how much weight is hanging out there unsupported and whether it is a concern or not. How much are we talking about? I assume because of that the answer is not to bed the chamber area. Interesting the chamber swelling that is.
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