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I acquired a 455 Canadian a few months ago. It has been a great shooting rifle, with a variety of ammo.
Tonight I removed the action screws( post season cleaning-rained like crazy on the last day of our squirrel season today), and the first thing I noticed is how the action rocks back and forth in the stock. From front to back, not side to side. Is this normal or should/could I put a very thin shim at the rear of the action to take up some of the slop ?
Bill
 
Glass bed that rifle movement of any sorts in a stock is unacceptable anything I’ve bedded has only made for improvement I had the 455 Canadian had the same issue bedded the action went from .5 @50 to .25 and better!
 
Pillar bedded my CZ455 American and Varmint.
Both have shot 5 shot groups at 100 yards that were better than 1.0".
Never experienced any rocking in the action before.
 
Not "normal" but you can apply aluminum tape in the low sections until it is snug as a bug in a rug. If you're feeling more adventurous, pillar then bed the action.
 
I have a Canadian in 17HMR and it is a good wood to metal fit. It is shooting less than 1" at 100 from a bench rest, but I will likely bed it before spring (do this to all of my rifles); I use JB plastic on plastic stocks, and JB weld on wood. Great results every time!
 
FootedShaft said:
I acquired a 455 Canadian a few months ago. It has been a great shooting rifle, with a variety of ammo.
Tonight I removed the action screws( post season cleaning-rained like crazy on the last day of our squirrel season today), and the first thing I noticed is how the action rocks back and forth in the stock. From front to back, not side to side. Is this normal or should/could I put a very thin shim at the rear of the action to take up some of the slop ?
Bill
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Did the rain affect the black dye in the laser etching on your stock? My Canadian was from 2015 manufacture, and the damn dye was water soluble; what a mess. CZ was going to replace the stock, but I refinished it and canceled the waranty claim.

I love the rifle; I could not be happier, and so far, I can out-shoot everyone else with a .17 at our club.
 
FootedShaft said:
Yes, it did leave a small stain on my gloves, not too bad but a little.
Rabid, that is a great tip. I have been using pop can shims, but they are a PIA to work with.
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I got caught in a downpour; black everywhere. Running warm water in the wife's laundry sink with a tooth brush took it down to bare wood. two coats Minwax Ebony stain in the etching, with tongue oil to seal, and it is as good as new.
 
horseman2 said:
Pillar bedded my CZ455 American and Varmint.
Both have shot 5 shot groups at 100 yards that were better than 1.0".
Never experienced any rocking in the action before.
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How did you pillar bed the 455? Did you jerry rig it yourself or did you get a gunsmith to do it? I’m interested in doing this with my 455 Lux but can’t find any solutions other than home made ones,

Patrick
 
phinton81 said:
How did you pillar bed the 455? Did you jerry rig it yourself or did you get a gunsmith to do it? I’m interested in doing this with my 455 Lux but can’t find any solutions other than home made ones,

Patrick
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I had the same gunsmith do them both.
When happy with the first I had the second one done.
 
I did mine myself. It was a challenging bedding job due to the way CZ set up the front screw. I managed to fully encase both pillars, although the front one needed some fitting a the top to accommodate the magazine box front screw. As with any other pillar bedding job, it should be a 3 step process, being pillars first, bottom metal if needed then the action.

I used pillars I had on hand. In hind sight, I should have found some slightly smaller ones. This was my first CZ 455 bedding job and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

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