glued in actions, BR rifles

The key with Bench Rest is NOTHING is left unturned.

We are more than just a bunch of OVERWEIGHT shooters hunkering over a bench and $1000.00 rests. To the few of us who LOVE the game it is an obsession striving for the smallest groups by conquering our rifles, loading, and what the wind may throw at us. Something that no other form of competition will give us.

It is fun to occassionly go to the range and just let lead fly to get it out of the system. For me it is occasionally.

CBY
 
Jerry,
A weel bedded rifle is, potentially, as accurate as a glue-in (were assuming that both systems are perfectly done). The difference is in the elimination of an occasional flyer which might occur in a rifle which is conventionally bedded. In other words, the glue-in may eliminate a variable.
I started gluing my own rifles together in about 1977. I had a 6x47, built on a 40-x action, which shot very good groups but occasionally produced an unexplained "two group" pattern. After re-bedding a couple of times, I finally glued it together and I became an instant winner. I pillar bedded my next rifle (a 222 built on a DGA Shilen) and went through about the same process. Subsequently, I have glued every BR rifle for myself and most of those built for others. My heavy 308 "F" classer is glued but the rest are conventionally bedded. Another "F" class rifle I'm building for this year will probably be glued.
By the way, in building a glue-in, the rifle is first bedded, stress-free. After bedding, the receiver is degreased, sandblasted, and degreased again. The bedding is degreased (to remove release agent) then sandblasted lightly then degreased again. I glue the action in with the barrel off and hold it in place with surgical tubing or with the guard screws if they are used. A well glued rifle will be very difficult to disassemble and the bedding is as likely to tear out of the stock as come loose from the action. Regards, Bill.
 
Just tried my 'test' rig with a new Shilen 6ppc barrel and it is shooting great.

Out of the gate, it is showing the potential to shoot in the 1's at 100yds. Just need the wind to stop blowing to see what is really going on.

This is with a standard bedding job tight on the recoil lug.

Will be an interesting project....

Jerry
 
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