XLR bedding

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I noticed after the last range outing, that the safety tail on the action body was starting to dent the chassis. Also the bolt handle was no longer centered in its machined slot. I suspected this was an issue a while ago, but have been too busy to pay it much thought. So last week, I took the rifle apart, plugged/filled holes with plasticine/clay, and styrofoam. Ground off some metal in the receiver area where barrel contact would be made. Mixed up a volume of Devcon Steel Putty, and went to work. I used Kiwi polish for a release agent. The recess for the recoil lug was going to need a lot of putty, wow!

Next day, gave it a stout tap with a piece of pine, and all came apart. Cleaned and reassembled, now to test. Unfortunately, winter found us on Sunday, and there is near a foot of snow in places.

Any body else bedded an XLR?
 
Would you by chance be able to take a couple pics of the finished bedded chassis? I'm getting reading to bed a AICS and would love to se how yours turned out.
 
I had mine done. Originally was not going to, but it responds very well to bedding. In the process, the gunsmith also relieved inside the bolt handle recess, to eliminate rubbing, and relieved some metal at the rear of the tang where there were some friction points. Savage model 10 action in mine. I have no pics sorry.
 
Ensure the recoil lug if fully support on ALL sides

Then the action lies level and stress free when the action bolts are snugged tight - high torque should not be needed nor desired.

Then you load up for the new barrel harmonics and that is the potential of the rifle in that stock.

Jerry
 
I've never touched mine. Savage model 12 LRPV.

Pushed recoil lug snugly against chassis.
Tightened screws down evenly until 32 in/lbs achieved.

Shoot and enjoy!
 
I think there was as much benefit from having the proper relief at the tang, and bolt recess, and also making sure there were no other contact points that could mess with the barrel harmonics. Prior to having the work done, I was not getting consistent results down range, that has all changed with a really well done bedding job, especially around the recoil lug. The XLR chassis is very generous with space in this area. Now it's just a matter of refining my load.
 
Clamp Your barrelled action into a barrel-vise and then set the stripped and prepped chassis onto your prepped action. Voila, not rocket science. You need the fore-end, pistol grip, trigger guard and butt-stock removed from the chassis to do this. Probably the easiest bedding job I've done to date.
 
It's also not necessary to gouge the aluminum up and drill anchoring pilots. Lightly sand off the anodizing and skim bed it, most of the bedding material is needed in the recoil lug pocket.
 
derrick1978 said:
It's also not necessary to gouge the aluminum up and drill anchoring pilots. Lightly sand off the anodizing and skim bed it, most of the bedding material is needed in the recoil lug pocket.
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This is all I did. I'm not a pro by any means. This is my 4th bedding job, and was the simplest. The recoil lug area required quite a bit of compound, and the rest was a skim coat as derrik1978 said.
 
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