Thread: Rifle bedding - is this normal?

so how does it shoot

Yep keen to see how it shoots now

A bit late to the party here but won't the front gap be for the recoil lug, the rests a bit messy especially around the tail but most will be under the action and it's purpose is to stableise the action in the stock. Asthetics would be preferred but if it does part a then that's really all that matters

Nah bullshit. That visible damage is unacceptable. I'd be taking it back 100%

The logic of the guys saying "as long as it shoots better then job done" so you'd be happy if you sent your car in for a wheel alignment, they dented a panel but you'd still be happy as long as the wheels were aligned and your car drove better?

At $390 you would expect a near perfect pillar bedding. With aluminium Pilars .
A couple of small to very small air bubbles under the rifle receiver are acceptable provided the rest of the finish , notably around the edges is neat and sharp.
And of course you don’t want any tension into the receiver/ barrel action once everything is back in place and the receiver screws are on tight.

How much is the going rate for a bedding job without pillars and who in auckland does it? Might not be worth mucking around with myself.

Originally Posted by blip

How much is the going rate for a bedding job without pillars and who in auckland does it? Might not be worth mucking around with myself.

talk to Friwi LOL

and in the defence of "the blokes who say shoot it and see" the complaint about the CHIP in rear of action..DIDNT surface untill this last page..... there was mention of a blob of bedding not happy with...but NOTHING ELSE VISUAL untill it was taken apart and the price wasnt included in initial "discussion" either

Originally Posted by TimC

Nah bullshit. That visible damage is unacceptable. I'd be taking it back 100%

nah bullshit...you DONT ACCEPT IT IN FIRST PLACE........ it should have been rejected before it came back...or if had been sent via courier...sent back before dismantleing..... this could turn into a real shit fight with blame of chip being hard to proove either way UNLESS its underneath bedding.

Originally Posted by blip

so how does it shoot

No time for a trip to the range this weekend unfortunately. Too time poor. Only range time I had was baking muffins with the daughter, so not a bad result I guess.

I'll update on how it shoots when I can find a spare weekend day over the next few months.

I appreciate everyone's comments. I'm new to the whole bedding thing so was unsure if the finish was to be expected or not. While I know a rifle is a tool
and dings and marks happen out hunting it is also one of the few things I take real pride in, and this rifle is destined for my son in a few years as his first rifle, so was hoping for a clean and neat bedding job.

As mentioned above, being very time poor I'd prefer not to have to tidy up the edges myself, but will most likely have to do so as time permits, rather than have the rifle out of my possession for another month or so.

I will reach out to the gunsmith in due course, however at the moment he is non-contactable.

Originally Posted by Kimber 7mm-08

No time for a trip to the range this weekend unfortunately. Too time poor. Only range time I had was baking muffins with the daughter, so not a bad result I guess.

I'll update on how it shoots when I can find a spare weekend day over the next few months.

I appreciate everyone's comments. I'm new to the whole bedding thing so was unsure if the finish was to be expected or not. While I know a rifle is a tool
and dings and marks happen out hunting it is also one of the few things I take real pride in, and this rifle is destined for my son in a few years as his first rifle, so was hoping for a clean and neat bedding job.

As mentioned above, being very time poor I'd prefer not to have to tidy up the edges myself, but will most likely have to do so as time permits, rather than have the rifle out of my possession for another month or so.

I will reach out to the gunsmith in due course, however at the moment he is non-contactable.

Have you had a look at Nathan Foster's tutorials ? looking at those will give you an idea of what a good job should look like

Originally Posted by TimC

The logic of the guys saying "as long as it shoots better then job done" so you'd be happy if you sent your car in for a wheel alignment, they dented a panel but you'd still be happy as long as the wheels were aligned and your car drove better?

Nailed it

Honestly it’s not that hard. It’s a process that takes some time, effort and understanding of what you’re trying to achieve.

I read and re-read Fosters book many times. Spent far too much time on YT tutorials.

Bought some Devcon, aluminum pillars and a Dremel and away I went.

Admittedly I was forced into it by paying for a worse job than you got. The guy that made the carbon stock butchered the job, ruined a set of Sako action screws and lied throughout the process. I nearly wept when I saw it. I couldn’t put up with his bullshit anymore, so just wanted to put it all behind me.
I locked the rifle in the safe and spent the next six months visualizing how to go about it.

Sako 75 V action. Shoots 0.25 MOA all day, every day.

My work…





Bottom metal bedded as well.



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@hunterzk this is the "why"