To Bed or Not to bed

[L461]

I bought a Sako L579 in 6mmbr and have had it rebarreled to 20BR.
The Action was bedded but not the barrel.Should I bed the first 1-2" of the barrel reinforce or leave it.I should add the new barrel is a smaller profile but is longer than the 6mm barrel.

 

[Sniper338]

Hows it shoot? Thats be my first thing to tackle.

 

[L461]

Unfired with the 20 cal as yet
The tired 6mmbr was about .75 at 110 yards

 

[BoydAllen]

I would leave it alone, but remember that all bedding is not created equal. Bedding can look very good and not be.

 

[boltfluter]

Personally, if you can get away with it I would not bed the barrel shank. Any movement in the stock will be transferred to the barrel. Seems like many of the lighter stocks move a little from thermal expansion or contraction. Just my experience with my lighter coyote rifles.

Paul

www.boltfluting.com

 

[L461]

Thank you for the advice I will leave it as is and see how it shoots.

 

[trevort]

Thank you for the advice I will leave it as is and see how it shoots.

Andrew the two different people who have bedded my last three actions DO NOT bed any of the barrel fyi

actually, make that four

 

[Preacher]

It has been a long time since folks bedded ahead of the recoil lug..
There seems to be a reason for that....
Don't do it..

 

[carlsbad]

whenever a rifle with part of the barrel bedded doesn't shoot well, the first thing we all try is removing the bedding under the barrel. --Jerry

 

[L461]

Well I put a few down the tube today

Suffice to say the bedding will stay as is.

 

[nmkid]

 

[nmkid]

OK. I will be the fly in the ointment. On my latest build I bedded about 3" in front of the lug. Thinking I could always remove the bedding if it didn't shoot good. This is at 150 yards. That's as far as our local range goes.

 

[Brians356]

OK. I will be the fly in the ointment. On my latest build I bedded about 3" in front of the lug. Thinking I could always remove the bedding if it didn't shoot good. This is at 150 yards. That's as far as our local range goes.

I'm stumped. Can't put my finger on it, but you must be doing something right.
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[sundance]

I have a custom 204 rem 700 that was bedded in front of the lug. Removing that bedding and floating the barrel was a major improvement accuracy wise.

 

[nmkid]

Rifle is a .20 Practical, shooting 40 gr Vmax bullets at a chronographed 5 shot average of 3740 fps. With a 28" finished barrel. This is by far the best shooting rifle I have owned the last 20 years.