Glass-Bedding a Schultz and Larsen Rifle

[G.E.FLACH]

Pillar bedding a a S&L can be a bit of a challenge with the close proximity of the trigger group to the rear guard screw but it can be done if you mill a flat on the rear pillar and radius the pillar top to match the action .Very smooth actions but hard on brass with the rear lugs though some may argue.

 

[Potashminer]

I found a couple pictures of my acquaintance rifle - looks like it was a M65 - will have to zoom in on first picture to see:



OP - the bedding - it appears that S&L set the action on a narrow bottom strip - not full width like we normally see - no evidence to me that the chamber area was tightly bedded to the wood:



Even the forearm area for the barrel channel - at most, might be made with "up" pressure at the forearm tip, but not real sure this had full contact bedding from the front of receiver to within say last inch of the forearm tip??



Pictures all from 2017 - once re-assembled, I believe the young fellow took a Sask farm-land moose with it that fall of 2017 - is/was quite pleased with the rifle! As I understand, it came to him through his family - had not been used at all for 30 plus years before he got it.

 

[Johnn Peterson]

That's interesting, Johnn. My two S&Ls (a 65DL in .264 Win. Mag. and a 68DL in 7x61 S&H) have a magazine length of about 3.40". With your .308 NM, how much jump into the lands did your rounds have? I've always loaded hunting ammunition with at least .030" jump into the lands, and usually not more than that. You need some jump (i.e., distance the bullet travels before contacting the lands) with rounds being used in the field to ensure trouble-free chambering, but the accuracy equation normally favours having the jump minimal. With the .264 WM, I can achieve that with most bullets--seating them to about 3.370". With the 7x61, many bullets (Hornady, Sierra, Speer) can be seated to about .030" from the lands, but, for some reason (ogive form), with Noslers, this is a little harder to achieve. They touch the lands at about 3.46" to 3.49", so seating them to fit the magazine would result in about a .08" or .10" jump. Whether that much jump into the lands will have much if any effect on accuracy remains to be seen.

You're quite correct, your points well taken and while I agree for the most part, I decided to 'gamble' somewhat. My jump to the lands is 0.008". While this does minimize the C.O.A.L. clearance in the magazine, repeated tipping of a reload back and forth in the magazine and generally feeding hasn't shown a problem, so far. I got hooked on the accuracy results, and again, decided to gamble.
On a related note, opening the floor plate and reloading rounds through the mag bottem is the way to go with the Schultz & Larsen.