Thread: Rifle Bedding Opinions

Originally Posted by stagstalker

55 and 65 inch pounds seems like a lot. I could be wrong but on my plastic Tikka stocks I torque to 35 inch pounds to avoid any unnecessary compression and on my carbon stocks with pillars I go 40 inch pounds which feels like plenty.

You are 100% correct

I have set up hundreds of rifle stocks using a magnetic dial indicator gauge, watching the dial during the tightening sequence tells you everything you need to know

A thorough understanding of how a rifles metalwork sits in a stock is required, you need to keep the metalwork and stock in line with each other, easements for gas ports, magazine reliefs and trigger recesses, then clearance around action screws. Any alteration to magazine wells and such can alter ammo feed and mag fitment
There’s a reason most only show remington actions being worked on, they are the easiest. Once you change something for the worse you will wish you had never touched it. Take it to a competent gunsmith

Overtightening often irreversibly damages a stock to the point that proper bedding is necessary

Devcon will get the measured difference to zero and under half a thousandth on a bad day

Skim bedding is ok for alloy (HS precision etc)

Carbon/timber/aramid fibre/plastic needs the hardest bedding surface money can buy or you Haven’t improved it as well as you could have