Thread: rifle bedding kit

Originally Posted by Sideshow

No I would respectfully disagree. If you have sealed the rest of the barrel channel then you won't get any water ingress and then you wont get any swelling.
Also if you go 4 times thicker then you are just going to get more debris getting in. Plus its going to add more weight as well as increase head lift/clerance as your barrel/action moves up away form the stock.
If you feel that you can live with lifting it that much sure go ahead. But I really don't see any bonuses in doing this.
Cheers S

I'm referring to the barrel channel only. You also have barrel vibration or whip as one consideration. I've yet to come across a wooden stocked rifle used for hunting that doesn't have some shrinkage or swelling however slight regardless of how well it may be sealed. The usual damp environment will guarantee you'll have a problem sooner or later. Four banknotes in thicknesses is bugger all barrel clearance and won't collect any debris worth worrying about.

I've bedded dozens of rifles over the last forty odd years. Do as you please of course. Just saying I've learn't the folly of following the dollar bill clearance mantra a long time ago.