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Barrel knox bedding
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1464520" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Some bench rest shooters like to bed the barrel shank,and float the action and the remaining barrel.</p><p></p><p>This works very well, but they actually bed the barrel to the stock or use a threaded sleeve in this area and bed it with screws going through the stock to hold the sleeve to the bedding. this makes the barrel harmonics and torque better because the effective floated barrel length is much shorter and it acts like a much shorter barrel reducing the whipping and torquing. </p><p></p><p>With the action floated also, it acts like a breach plug and has very little if any effect on the rifles accuracy. </p><p></p><p>This is a very good method for very long barrels, but it is difficult to build this way and should only be done by a smith that understands the purpose of doing it this way.</p><p></p><p>If you go the conventional way, I don't see why it would effect the accuracy as long as the shank was turned to a true diameter all the way, and a stress free bedding was done at one time. I have personally never tried to bed that much, but I have bedded up to 3" of shank on the real heavy and long barrels with great results.</p><p></p><p>Remember that If there is any taper in contact with the bedding, you are done when the barrel heats up and starts to grow.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1464520, member: 2736"] Some bench rest shooters like to bed the barrel shank,and float the action and the remaining barrel. This works very well, but they actually bed the barrel to the stock or use a threaded sleeve in this area and bed it with screws going through the stock to hold the sleeve to the bedding. this makes the barrel harmonics and torque better because the effective floated barrel length is much shorter and it acts like a much shorter barrel reducing the whipping and torquing. With the action floated also, it acts like a breach plug and has very little if any effect on the rifles accuracy. This is a very good method for very long barrels, but it is difficult to build this way and should only be done by a smith that understands the purpose of doing it this way. If you go the conventional way, I don't see why it would effect the accuracy as long as the shank was turned to a true diameter all the way, and a stress free bedding was done at one time. I have personally never tried to bed that much, but I have bedded up to 3" of shank on the real heavy and long barrels with great results. Remember that If there is any taper in contact with the bedding, you are done when the barrel heats up and starts to grow. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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