Bedding checker results

[hpshooter]

Less than .001 on a Savage PTA action that I bedded in a Masterclass prone stock.

Is your sear hitting the rear pillar? The sear will contact the pillar unless you cut a flat on the sear side of the pillar or notch the sear to clear the pillar.

 

[DShortt]

Less than .001 on a Savage PTA action that I bedded in a Masterclass prone stock.

Is your sear hitting the rear pillar? The sear will contact the pillar unless you cut a flat on the sear side of the pillar or notch the sear to clear the pillar.

After some experimentation, I've concluded the design of a Standard Savage action (10, 110, 12, 112) does not behave well in this particular test due to the placement of the rear action screw and the sear.
I can not speak to the PTA Savage as I do not currently own one.
Now I better understand why Action Screw Torque is so widely discussed in Savage threads.

 

[Keith Glasscock]

A little experience here....

V-block bedding does exactly what you are talking about. That chassis, IIRC, has a V-block front and a solid rear.

When you torque against a V-block, the V spreads open some. As you loosen the screw, it "spits" the action out again. I think that is why you are seeing such large numbers.

I have one chassis bedded and the other will get the treatment this winter. I do recommend glass bedding chassis, but checking them like a glass bedded stock can be a bit misleading.

 

[AlNyhus]

After some experimentation, I've concluded the design of a Standard Savage action (10, 110, 12, 112) does not behave well in this particular test due to the placement of the rear action screw and the sear.

The rear screw placement and sear style will have zero influence on movement if it's done correctly.

 

[DShortt]

The rear screw placement and sear style will have zero influence on movement if it's done correctly.

Sent you a DM.

 

[Will Henry]

I was recently working with a 700 long action which wears a 30 inch, very heavy barrel. Held vertically. movement is 1 or2 thou, but it takes very little pressure to move it around a lot. With the rifle horizontal, when I loosen the front screw, the barrel droops by about .008". A long 700 action might be a lot of things, but rigid isn't one of them. WH