I have a post 64 Win 70 Carbine in 30-06. Nice cut checkered walnut, floorplate ect. I put a new Nikon Buckmasters scope on it w/ Simmons bases & rings. Each time i'd bring it to tha range it would hit 3 -4 inches left or right of where I dialed it in for on the previous visit.........Finally, I was so pleased w/ how it was shooting and with the level of confidence I had in the gun I decided to check out a couple things. First I attempted to slide a piece of paper between the barrel and fore end (NOPE) not even close. Then I checked the "bedding" material at the recoil lug and found that there was this cheezy robbery stuff only at the bottom of the milled out space for the lug in the stock, and none whatsoever at the pillar mounting area, or around the recoil lug. Also there are three takedown screws holding down the reciever, all of diferent lengths. Apparently these screws had been removed by a previous owner and re-installed in the wrong holes as the reciever was appron 1/4' high off the stock at the rear of the reciever.
Soooooo I removed the stock and free floated the barrel by sanding out the barrel channel w/ some heavy sandpaper, checking that when the barreled action was in place there was the desired revief, and then sealed it w/ eurethane. Next the recoil lug area was chiseled out approx 3/8" front and back and all the cheezy rubber bedding removed, and the three takedown screw nightmare was worked out, bringing the rear of the reciever back down to make contact w/ the stock. I covered the steel that would contact the epoxy w/ furniture wax scratch remover so I could take the gun apart after. I used the two part polymerized epoxy putty, and applied it to the inside of the lug hole, the top of the pillar and the area just ahead of the reciever approx 1" of the barrel and quickly screwed it back together tightening down the screw at the rear of the reciever real snug, and easing the screw at the pillar and recoil lug area so as to pill these parts down into the epoxy, all the while constantly checking that the barrel was free floated in the channel by about 1/16" from the epoxied barrel section ahead of the reciever to the end of fore end. I let it harden about an hour and then installed the third screw and tightened them down well, and the barrel looks perfect. I removed the barrel/reciver wich took some (a lot) of wiggling so I guess it came out well. The lug area is full of epoxy and forms a perfect pocket for the lug. The pillar area now has a pad of epoxy on top of it approx 1/4" high, so there is no way that this area of the reciever ever touched the stock to begin with. Also just ahead of the reciever, the first 2" of barrel are now supported by the epoxy. It would appear that depending on how tight any/all of the takedown screws in any of a hundred or so combinations would determine how the barel would contact the shock. Now I need to go back to the range a few more times, once to sight it, hopefully once and for all, and some subsequent visits to ensure that it's still dialed in and hopefully gain a degree of confidence in this gun. I hope it worked, as it's the first bedding job I've done........ Does it make sence to anyone here that it kept having to be dialed in each visit to the range because of the actions sloppy initial installation ? Thanks in advance for any input. Happy Hunting.
Soooooo I removed the stock and free floated the barrel by sanding out the barrel channel w/ some heavy sandpaper, checking that when the barreled action was in place there was the desired revief, and then sealed it w/ eurethane. Next the recoil lug area was chiseled out approx 3/8" front and back and all the cheezy rubber bedding removed, and the three takedown screw nightmare was worked out, bringing the rear of the reciever back down to make contact w/ the stock. I covered the steel that would contact the epoxy w/ furniture wax scratch remover so I could take the gun apart after. I used the two part polymerized epoxy putty, and applied it to the inside of the lug hole, the top of the pillar and the area just ahead of the reciever approx 1" of the barrel and quickly screwed it back together tightening down the screw at the rear of the reciever real snug, and easing the screw at the pillar and recoil lug area so as to pill these parts down into the epoxy, all the while constantly checking that the barrel was free floated in the channel by about 1/16" from the epoxied barrel section ahead of the reciever to the end of fore end. I let it harden about an hour and then installed the third screw and tightened them down well, and the barrel looks perfect. I removed the barrel/reciver wich took some (a lot) of wiggling so I guess it came out well. The lug area is full of epoxy and forms a perfect pocket for the lug. The pillar area now has a pad of epoxy on top of it approx 1/4" high, so there is no way that this area of the reciever ever touched the stock to begin with. Also just ahead of the reciever, the first 2" of barrel are now supported by the epoxy. It would appear that depending on how tight any/all of the takedown screws in any of a hundred or so combinations would determine how the barel would contact the shock. Now I need to go back to the range a few more times, once to sight it, hopefully once and for all, and some subsequent visits to ensure that it's still dialed in and hopefully gain a degree of confidence in this gun. I hope it worked, as it's the first bedding job I've done........ Does it make sence to anyone here that it kept having to be dialed in each visit to the range because of the actions sloppy initial installation ? Thanks in advance for any input. Happy Hunting.
