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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1224220" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>That is a really great action. It is modeled after the M70 but the 99 is even beefier.</p><p></p><p>As long as your barrel is free floated I'd torque it down and shoot it and see how you like it.</p><p></p><p>The most important thing is to ensure it's free floated and the action/trigger guard screws are torqued evenly. I don't know what MRC recommends but I generally torque mine to 30 in/lbs.</p><p></p><p>If I were redoing it the one thing I might do different is to bed further in front of the recoil lug. As a rule of thumb I take a shell that fits that action and measure from the lug the length of an empty shell forward. This removes any possible stress on the threads of the action and barrel.</p><p></p><p>In the US most folks bed only to the front recoil lug and free from it forward but most of the Europeans and Aussies/NZ's I know do bed forward of the lug.</p><p></p><p>To me it seems to not only to eliminate any possible stress where the barrel and action meet it also reduces the amplitude of the barrel harmonics which makes it easier to find a load that works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1224220, member: 30902"] That is a really great action. It is modeled after the M70 but the 99 is even beefier. As long as your barrel is free floated I'd torque it down and shoot it and see how you like it. The most important thing is to ensure it's free floated and the action/trigger guard screws are torqued evenly. I don't know what MRC recommends but I generally torque mine to 30 in/lbs. If I were redoing it the one thing I might do different is to bed further in front of the recoil lug. As a rule of thumb I take a shell that fits that action and measure from the lug the length of an empty shell forward. This removes any possible stress on the threads of the action and barrel. In the US most folks bed only to the front recoil lug and free from it forward but most of the Europeans and Aussies/NZ's I know do bed forward of the lug. To me it seems to not only to eliminate any possible stress where the barrel and action meet it also reduces the amplitude of the barrel harmonics which makes it easier to find a load that works. [/QUOTE]
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