1970s police issue AOS rifle

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Originally Posted by caberslash

Would double check it first, some of the older rifles were stocked with a deliberate bump to put upwards pressure on the barrel.

Have seen this myself on an old Sako and due to the location and size of the bump I suspect they used a 'one size fits all' approach to barrel harmonics, might have actually worked with a particular factory loading which the rifle was sold with at the time.

Lee Enfields were mostly stocked with upward pressure on the barrel and they seem to shoot OK...ish...

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Yep, my old Sako Forester when new had a sharpish ridge of wood under the barrel in the fore end. I glass bedded the action and free floated the barrel.

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Originally Posted by zimmer

Yep, my old Sako Forester when new had a sharpish ridge of wood under the barrel in the fore end. I glass bedded the action and free floated the barrel.

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Did that improve it noticeably?

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Originally Posted by DCN808T

Yeah there is no gap between forestock and barrel. Best i get that sorted ey?!

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They were designed that way , the pressure under the barrel at the fore stock is to make up for the poor bedding of the action . Free floating the barrel and bedding the action can show better results? , but there is no guarantee it will shoot better than as it is now .