Rifle Bedding

[AWLEAPHART]

I hope everyone’s having a nice HOT summer.
I had a rifle pillared bedded and the stock is wood ,but I have noticed that when I slide a piece of paper under the barrel to see if it is full floated it stops about 1 inch from the end of the stock.
Is this right or wrong? The rifle is going to be used has as a deer hunting rifle.
Anthony

 

[Minesweeper3433]

If it shoots well then it is right. If it doesn't shoot great redo the bedding.

 

[superlight93]

Since you will only shoot one or two shots from a cold barrel in a real hunt situation then it should be fine. Have you tried a three shot group on paper at the distance you normally hunt at? A re-bed is not necessary to fully float the barrel. Any gunsmith or even yourself can use a wood dowel with sandpaper to float it all the way.

 

[Jayman_10x]

For my hunting rifles I always stop the free float 1- 1 1/2" short of the action. They shoot great.

 

[MGYSGT]

Do you mean you are only able to slip the paper in 1"? If so, just sand the barrel channel to remove the excess wood. If you mean the paper will go all the way down the barrel and stop just prior to the action, then you can remove the excess bedding material with a sanding drum on your dremil tool, or leave it, if it doesn't affect the POI as the barrel warms up.

 

[Larryh128]

What I'm reading is that the barrel is touching at the end of the forearm. Otherwise it is pressure point bedded. Quite often hunting rifles are pressured at the the forearm & most shoot acceptable groups. The issue comes in when you are shooting multiple shots & the barrel heats up increasing the tension on the barrel. This is normally when you see vertical stringing on factory rifles. Very easy to eliminate if you don't want it or it becomes a problem.

 

[AWLEAPHART]

Larryh128,
You understand what I was trying to say.
I got a 5/8" dowel and 60 grit sand paper today and sand it down.