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What's All The Fuss Over Aluminum Bedding?
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<blockquote data-quote="LDHunter" data-source="post: 1459793" data-attributes="member: 105"><p>I would like to add my 2 cents here. This article is spot on in many ways but I've found that the "one size fits all" is the problem.</p><p></p><p>Although aluminum bedding blocks DO provide an incredibly reliable stock to action fit they don't always fit all that well and if the mating surfaces aren't very well matched then getting reliably below a 1" group can be an exercise in frustration.</p><p></p><p>At least for me and my rifles it seems that the real magic occurs when I take a rifle with a stock that has aluminum bedding blocks to a very good gunsmith that is a master at bedding actions in stocks and have a skim bedding job done on top of the aluminum bedding blocks.</p><p></p><p>VOILA!!! Suddenly a rifle that hovered around MOA accuracy is shooting WELL UNDER a half inch with absolutely NO other modifications.</p><p></p><p>This has proven true with SEVERAL of my rifles and I'm prone not to believe that this is merely anecdotal evidence of the importance of skim bedding on top of aluminum bedding blocks.</p><p></p><p>In precision rifles it seems that one size fits all rarely works and custom fitting is often the only reliable solution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDHunter, post: 1459793, member: 105"] I would like to add my 2 cents here. This article is spot on in many ways but I've found that the "one size fits all" is the problem. Although aluminum bedding blocks DO provide an incredibly reliable stock to action fit they don't always fit all that well and if the mating surfaces aren't very well matched then getting reliably below a 1" group can be an exercise in frustration. At least for me and my rifles it seems that the real magic occurs when I take a rifle with a stock that has aluminum bedding blocks to a very good gunsmith that is a master at bedding actions in stocks and have a skim bedding job done on top of the aluminum bedding blocks. VOILA!!! Suddenly a rifle that hovered around MOA accuracy is shooting WELL UNDER a half inch with absolutely NO other modifications. This has proven true with SEVERAL of my rifles and I'm prone not to believe that this is merely anecdotal evidence of the importance of skim bedding on top of aluminum bedding blocks. In precision rifles it seems that one size fits all rarely works and custom fitting is often the only reliable solution. [/QUOTE]
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