Hey if loose stock effect Sks accuracy, why don't we just bond receiver and stock!

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Hey if loose stock effect Sks accuracy, why don't we just bond receiver and stock together with bedding compound. I saw many people said bedding a Sks is useless because there is screw to hold stock and receiver together tightly.

We don't need to take receiver and stock apart when we clean the rifle, right?
I would bed the recoil lug and rear of receiver. Put some release agent at first time bedding. If bedding looks good then I put a little bit more bedding compound without release agent. I think stock will do the job as a bolt action stock.
Any opinion? I will do it after I finish trigger job.
 
I take the rifle out of the stock when I clean after corrsive ammo. I use hot water to clean and don't want to ruin the wood with boiling water. It's also a good idea to lightly oul the metal every now and then. If you get any corrosion under the stock and can't remove it it's a problem. Why not bed it using release agent? Tha way uou can still take to stock off. Even if it's jst once a year for oiling
 
No way. You shouldn't glue the action to the stock. I don't think properly bedding an sks is a bad idea, I epoxy bedded mine to ensure it has no movement whatsoever. But if for any reason someday you, or someone else wants or needs to get that stock off, you'll have to nearly destroy it to do so. Not to mention it would prevent any oiling maintenance to the metal that's locked in there.
 
Either bed with a release agent or shim the rear of the action so it's tight against the cross bolt at the front of the forend. I used aluminum can pieces layered till tight that I snipped to shape. It's easy to take out the play, couple different ways to shim it.
 
Try it out and post your result's

bonan said:
Hey if loose stock effect Sks accuracy, why don't we just bond receiver and stock together with bedding compound. I saw many people said bedding a Sks is useless because there is screw to hold stock and receiver together tightly.

We don't need to take receiver and stock apart when we clean the rifle, right?
I would bed the recoil lug and rear of receiver. Put some release agent at first time bedding. If bedding looks good then I put a little bit more bedding compound without release agent. I think stock will do the job as a bolt action stock.
Any opinion? I will do it after I finish trigger job.
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I just shimmed the action to push it forward against the cross bolt at the front of the action using wax cooking sheets folded over to the right thickness. Cut my group sizes in half.
 
I bedded my sks with PC7 high strength epoxy not for accuracy but to better transfer recoil to the stock. If you take a close look all the recoil is transferred to the rear of the stock. The area behind the recoil lug, square bar the bolt locks to, there is no contact with the wood. So my synthetic and wood stocks are bedded for stability and recoil transfer. If the result is a more stable stock to receiver fit that gives me a little more consistency then bonus.
 
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