Mulligan
Silver $$ Contributor
Bedding checking gauge fixture
- Thread starter AlNyhus
- Start date
Yes, but imperfect it is.
I have a Weatherby Accumark in 6.5-300 I sometimes hunt with. With the Wby ammo it would shoot .75 moa once in a while and more like 1.25moa more times than not. I had a Sat. afternoon to kill last week and put the dial on it to check bedding. The indicator went .050” and was still turning when the plunger stroked out. I bedded it last week and popped it out yesterday. It is now .0015. I will have to be careful with placement of stock when shooting, this B&C stock they come with are not very stiff. Im anxious to see results with the same ammo, then I will try some handloads. i now have some Peterson brass and 156 Bergers for it.
AlNyhus
Silver $$ Contributor
Yep...it's a perfect tool for checking bases. Thank goodness for bedding compound.
If you really want an eye opener, set up the indicator on the occular and objective ends of a scope and loosen the ring top screws.
Good shootin' -Al
DShortt
Gold $$ Contributor
I've never understood why guys will spend several thousand dollars on a rifle then pull bases and rings off the shelf, install them without checking anything and get agitated when someone suggests that just *might* not be the best way to do things. WoW.Yep...it's a perfect tool for checking bases. Thank goodness for bedding compound.
If you really want an eye opener, set up the indicator on the occular and objective ends of a scope and loosen the ring top screws.
Good shootin' -Al
Jonnyofalltrades
Silver $$ Contributor
Similar to buying a stock with a bedding block and assuming that assures stress-free bedding.
Might, might not.
BoydAllen
Gold $$ Contributor
Bravo! For glue ins, it would seem that a magnetic base would work well for this.
Mulligan
Silver $$ Contributor
It is kinda fun when the fellas you shoot with do that very thing.
One of them says to me, "They are expensive rings, I pay more because they are perfect right out of the box"!
Some folks quit learning at an early age.
CW
Jonnyofalltrades
Silver $$ Contributor
Does anyone else do bedding checks with the rifle laying horizontal? I figure that's the orientation I had it in for bedding, so why stand it up to do the checks?
DShortt
Gold $$ Contributor
It *probably* won't matter when you loosen the front action screw. However when you loosen the rear action screws the length of the barrel and gravity are apt to induce enough movement that you can see it move slightly.
I'll tell you this much, this thread has me curious enough that in the future I'm going to check several both horizontally and vertically and see what results I get. Then I'll know for certain what matters to me and my methods.
Dimner
I do believe in Captain Crunch.
On this site I have seen it done mostly horizontal. When I check my bedding I use the rests I am using on the bench at the range. In my mind, that setup is where I care the most about how the bedding will perform.
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