barrel clamp

[katokoch]

Does anyone have experience with bedding a rimfire using a barrel clamp? I'm considering it for an upcoming project and wanted a little input.

I've already made plans to make an aluminum one-peice reciever/dual bedding block but the idea came in my head to have a bedding block fabricated. Any thoughts?

 

[Jeffrey]

I have three small-bores made that way. They all shoot well except for one that shoots great.

 

[katokoch]

Jeffrey can you give me any more details? How are they clamped and where did you position the clamp?

I'm thinking if I do it, I'll use a 2-peice clamp so I can use the barreled action in other stocks. Clamp would be maybe 3" long or so, held by 4 allen screws on a side, and glassbedded to the barrel for a perfect mating surface,Devcon over a v-block design? Barrel is .920" straight taper).

 

[Jeffrey]

One of these pics, if I've uploaded them properly is a aluminum stock with the block built as part of the stock. It is a 2013 with the block just ahead of the receiver. The other pic is a block I used for inletting into a wooden stock, again just ahead of the receiver. The block I use now is 8 screws. The one in the pic is 10 screws, but that's overkill. I use aluminum sleeves in a one inch bore so I can put different actions in the same stock.

Jeff

 

[katokoch]

Can you give me any insight into how you fabricated the blocks and if they make any difference in how the rifles shoot? Do you do any other bedding along the barreled action or are they completely free floating,except for the block, of course)?

 

[Jeffrey]

I build these blocks as part of a product line. The dimesions are specific but don't require elaborate equipment. The block mounted rimfire rifle will need some tuning device to perform well. The action will be full free floated. Ross Precision builds a stock that is a barrel mount for centerfire that works well with no tuners needed. The lower block needs to be securely bedded into the stock, with common bedding material. I have used a muzzle mounted tuner with good results, but my primary effort was to design an in the stock tuner.

 

[chrisj]

I Have an Anschutz in a Ross Precision Aluminum stock, which has the bbl block, and it shoots as good as any .22 that I have owned that was bedded in a conventional stock. You can shoot highpowered bbld actions in it as well. Takes just a few minutes to swap bbld actions.
www.rossprecision.com

Chris