Glue In vs. Screw In Stock

[Hucleberry]

I'm getting the BAT MB 8 1/2 inch action and considering a set-up of multiple Krieger barrels in the 6 x 47 Lapua and 6.5 Lapua.

I'm assuming w/ a multiple barrel set-up, it requires screwing in the action to the stock. What are the disadvantages of screwing in an action to the stock vs. gluing in the action to the stock?

Huckleberry

 

[BoydAllen]

Your assumption is incorrect. As long as the barrel channel has clearance so the barrel can be moved forward of the front of the scope, a glue in may be and is very commonly used, at least in short range,100-200 yd.) Benchrest. I change barrels this way all the time.

My rifle is built on a Viper action that is glued into a SG&Y stock that was mfg. by Lee Six. The scope stays in place during the process. I just C clamp my barrel vise to a bench, insert the barrel into it just short of the forend, tighten the vise on the barrel, insert my rear entry action wrench, break the barrel loose, remove the wrench, and then the barrel from the vise. I then unscrew the barrel, prepare the barrel that am changing to, turn it in by hand till its shoulder touches the action, and then do the same drill with the rifle vise as when removing except that I tighten the barrel. No big deal.

The question that I don't have the answer to is to what level of recoil a glue in should be used.

An option that is not often discussed is to install pillars, and bed, then glue in as well, torquing the screws as if for a regular pillar bedding job after the epoxy has cured. This method has been used for Benchrest rifles by Lee Six, and given his long experience and success, you might consider this approach. I know that it has been used on some very accurate rifles.

 

[WayneShaw]

You can do it either way if you don't have weight problems. If someone tells you a pillared/bedded gun won't shoot as well as a glue-in, they are wrong. Done properly, a bolted gun shoots just as well, and you have the ability of taking it out of the stock if need be. But, there are pillars and screws involved that adds weight, if you have that concern.

Boyd is right though, to change barrels in a properly done stock does not require the action to come out.

 

[Cheechako]

"The question that I don't have the answer to is to what level of recoil a glue in should be used.",Quote by Boyd)

I have used glue in with a 300 Short Ackley Magnum shooting 210 grain Bergers and it is still glued in. It is a sleeved Rem 700 action so it does have a lot more glue surface. If you're unsure, do what I do. I pillar bed, glue in, and use action screws, all three. The screws are kept loose,snug) and are there only for insurance just in case I drive 1000 miles to a match and the glue fails.

Ray

 

[Hucleberry]

Thanks for all the above replies. My main concern was the loss of accuracy by screwing in the action