How far up the barrel channel do you bed your rifle barrel?

[khuber84]

I'd go with this. Find a competition level chassis and tell me how much material in front of the recoil lug is making barrel contact

Most competition rifles in a chassis, shoot better after bedding, yet most people don't bed them, cuz in a year or twos time, they swap to the next latest and greatest. A bedded chassis has lower selling point 2nd hand. But if a guys chasing the highest level of consistency and precision in his match rifle, bedding does indeed help. I have found this with heavy prs rigs as well as lightweight Magnesium chassis, manners mini chassis, and the hnt26.

 

[JGRaider]

I've got semi-customs in Hill Country Rifles (7mag), and a McWhorter 7mm08 (stupid accurate). Both are bedded 1" forward of the lug.