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Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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Do y'all bed your rifle action? I have a Bergara B-14 HMR and I'm thinking about bedding it but I've never done it before.
It shoots great so I don't want to mess it up. I'm interested in hearing what y'all do.
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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I bed quite a few actions to stocks but that rifle should not need anything. From the Bergara site: The B-14 HMR rifle features our integrated mini-chassis molded into the stock to give the rifle repeatable bedding and accuracy. It also supports a fully free-floated barrel to achieve optimal precision.
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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04/18/24 11:38 PM
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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Both very good points. Thanks fellas!
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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I’m the guy that wants everything bedded but you said yourself “it shoots great so I don’t want to mess it up”
You answered your own question…don’t do it. Why would you?
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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04/19/24 01:23 PM
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If it is shooting good currently with no fliers, then I'd leave it be. The 3 main things that I will do to a factory rifle are:
1) Free float the barrel 2) Lighten up the trigger 3) Bed it, only if it's needed.
When I first got into long range shooting I was running an inexpensive $500 Howa 1500 in 270 Winchester. The barrel was touching the stock at the end of the forend. When I free floated it, the action in the stock was such that it dropped the front of the barrel down more into the stock channel. So we bedded it to have a good base and keep the barrel free floated. We lightened up the trigger as well. The rifle went from shooting ok with some fliers once the barrel got warm, to 3/4 moa all day long out to 800 yards and much more consistent from shot to shot.
But not all factory rifles need this work. Bergara makes a very good factory rifle. The top 2 factory rifles that I recommend are the Tikka and Bergara rifles. Both shoot very well out of the box.
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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Also, I see a lot of rifles where the customer will put their rifle in a new chassis system. The chassis system is promoted as "bedless" but that's not always true. Often you'll see a rifle start throwing shots after going into a chassis system. That's when you know you need to bed the action in the chassis. The loose tolerances from various actions to the loose tolerances of the chassis system can leave some slop there.
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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I’m the guy that wants everything bedded but you said yourself “it shoots great so I don’t want to mess it up”
You answered your own question…don’t do it. Why would you? This.
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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I have this terrible habit of sometimes just messing with things, even when i probably shouldn't. I bedded my first tacticool rifle, it didn't really "need" it. I even messed it up a little but I am darn proud of that rifle. I did not notice any improved performance, although at the same time I was learning reloading so the whole system was just getting better. So from that lens, is there a less/cheaper rifle you can practice or see if you can get improved results? Like a 22 even.
I'm a dude who likes long barrels!
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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I'm in the "bed it only if needed" group. On rifles that I want/need to shoot tiny groups, I typically replace the factory stock with something better before I even start, plus making sure the barrel and trigger are where they need to be. I then work up my loads and see what the rifle will do. If I think it needs improvement, bedding the action is the next step.
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Re: Action Bedding - Yes or No?
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If it is shooting good currently with no fliers, then I'd leave it be. The 3 main things that I will do to a factory rifle are:
1) Free float the barrel 2) Lighten up the trigger 3) Bed it, only if it's needed.
When I first got into long range shooting I was running an inexpensive $500 Howa 1500 in 270 Winchester. The barrel was touching the stock at the end of the forend. When I free floated it, the action in the stock was such that it dropped the front of the barrel down more into the stock channel. So we bedded it to have a good base and keep the barrel free floated. We lightened up the trigger as well. The rifle went from shooting ok with some fliers once the barrel got warm, to 3/4 moa all day long out to 800 yards and much more consistent from shot to shot.
But not all factory rifles need this work. Bergara makes a very good factory rifle. The top 2 factory rifles that I recommend are the Tikka and Bergara rifles. Both shoot very well out of the box. Right here.
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