Hey all,
Planning to bed 3 Winchester M70 Super Grade's, but I've never bedded a rifle. I'm a pretty meticulous guy and have a lot of experience with detail centric projects but these rifles have me feeling a little trepidation due to their abnormally exquisite stock figure. Rifles that one wouldn't dream of selling.
In my research, I'm noticing a large range of opinions on the subject. Right now I'm thinking spot bedding should do the trick and offer less of a chance for error compared to full length bedding, and will be opening up the barrel channels. Not totally sure if pillar bedding in addition is necessary or a benefit.
2 of these rifles offered tremendous groups out of the box but have since opened up. Over the last couple years, I've noticed the barrel channels are also not aligned like they once were. The other rifle has never offered better than 1.5" groups on a good day. Pretty poor for a 308 win... If bedding doesn't help it will be getting rebarreled.
A little context for those that feel the need to qualify me to justify offering a straight answer without 20 questions. I'm an experience hand loader, rifleman, hunter, wood worker, tinker'r, trapper, have multiple college degrees, manage a $40M business, and I occasionally pick my nose when one gets stuck...
Hoping to get some references from you all on the best instructional video you've come across for creating a great bedding job.
If the results remedy the situation, I'll post pictures of the rifles and the best 3 and 5 shot groups with various loads as a follow up.
Cheers!
Planning to bed 3 Winchester M70 Super Grade's, but I've never bedded a rifle. I'm a pretty meticulous guy and have a lot of experience with detail centric projects but these rifles have me feeling a little trepidation due to their abnormally exquisite stock figure. Rifles that one wouldn't dream of selling.
In my research, I'm noticing a large range of opinions on the subject. Right now I'm thinking spot bedding should do the trick and offer less of a chance for error compared to full length bedding, and will be opening up the barrel channels. Not totally sure if pillar bedding in addition is necessary or a benefit.
2 of these rifles offered tremendous groups out of the box but have since opened up. Over the last couple years, I've noticed the barrel channels are also not aligned like they once were. The other rifle has never offered better than 1.5" groups on a good day. Pretty poor for a 308 win... If bedding doesn't help it will be getting rebarreled.
A little context for those that feel the need to qualify me to justify offering a straight answer without 20 questions. I'm an experience hand loader, rifleman, hunter, wood worker, tinker'r, trapper, have multiple college degrees, manage a $40M business, and I occasionally pick my nose when one gets stuck...
Hoping to get some references from you all on the best instructional video you've come across for creating a great bedding job.
If the results remedy the situation, I'll post pictures of the rifles and the best 3 and 5 shot groups with various loads as a follow up.
Cheers!
