George Foster
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With a sporter weight barrel is it best to free float it all the way or to have support under the chamber area and then free floated to the tip?
Free Float?
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Smokeless
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Originally Posted By: reddog964I bed all mine a 1"+ or so in front of the recoil lug depending on the shank length and free floated the rest of the way..
This is what I have always done and it has worked very well, but...... I have recently built a 6x47L with a #5 barrel and have been told by a few in the know that a total free float with bedding from the lug rearward (action only) is the way to go.
Bedding and floating is complete as of this evening. We shall see. I figure if it won't shoot I can always re bed the 1 1/2 or so forward on the chamber and will see if it makes an improvement.
This is what I have always done and it has worked very well, but...... I have recently built a 6x47L with a #5 barrel and have been told by a few in the know that a total free float with bedding from the lug rearward (action only) is the way to go.
Bedding and floating is complete as of this evening. We shall see. I figure if it won't shoot I can always re bed the 1 1/2 or so forward on the chamber and will see if it makes an improvement.
CatShooter
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Originally Posted By: SmokelessOriginally Posted By: reddog964I bed all mine a 1"+ or so in front of the recoil lug depending on the shank length and free floated the rest of the way..
This is what I have always done and it has worked very well, but...... I have recently built a 6x47L with a #5 barrel and have been told by a few in the know that a total free float with bedding from the lug rearward (action only) is the way to go.
Bedding and floating is complete as of this evening. We shall see. I figure if it won't shoot I can always re bed the 1 1/2 or so forward on the chamber and will see if it makes an improvement.
When I was a gunsmithing grasshopper, I was taught to bed 1.5" in front of the lug by the "Master".... but after a few years, I started bedding good rifles without the barrel touching anything, and they because more stable, and the "mystery" shots disappeared.
That bedded part of the barrel cannot support any weight, it only touches the barrel, and that varies with the position of the front sandbag or bi-pod.
This is what I have always done and it has worked very well, but...... I have recently built a 6x47L with a #5 barrel and have been told by a few in the know that a total free float with bedding from the lug rearward (action only) is the way to go.
Bedding and floating is complete as of this evening. We shall see. I figure if it won't shoot I can always re bed the 1 1/2 or so forward on the chamber and will see if it makes an improvement.
When I was a gunsmithing grasshopper, I was taught to bed 1.5" in front of the lug by the "Master".... but after a few years, I started bedding good rifles without the barrel touching anything, and they because more stable, and the "mystery" shots disappeared.
That bedded part of the barrel cannot support any weight, it only touches the barrel, and that varies with the position of the front sandbag or bi-pod.
