Q: Where to bed from M96?
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Hi all,
I got a couple of new stocks for my Husky and Swede. Just wondering where should I bed back from? A, B or C?
Thanks you all in advance!
I gouged out wood and bedded from about 1/2 inch behind the recoil lug stop to about 2 inches in front of the recoil lug on my Husky model 46. I wasn't bedding for accuracy but to ensure the recoil lug has a tight and solid backstop.
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This is what I would do as well...
I would also install a pillar in the rear tang screw hole and the front receiver and the trigger gaurd assembly, that will not allow any crush once the bedding has cured.
Beech, although acceptable, can be quite soft.
bearhunter
Beech, although acceptable, can be quite soft.
bearhunter
Any idea to how long to cut the pillars to for the front receiver screw??
You will have to assemble the rifle and stock and get an approximate measurement. A couple of thousanths longer won't hurt anything.
Go to a local archery supplier and purchase a piece of excess aluminum/titanium arrow shafting that is left over from cutting arrows to equal pull length and cut them to length.
I usually put the receiver in the stock and bolt in the shaft, then scribe where the stock and floorplate/triggergaurd assembly will come together. Then cut and square off at the mark.
Once the rifle is bedded, there will not be any slop or looseness.
By the way, I do this with all of the rifles I'm serious about shooting, except the milsurps that don't have them. Germany must have figured this out a long time ago as they used pillars from day one, on the rear tang. Many are discarded by unknowing miscreants, when bubbaing or tearing down to clean out the cosmo.
bearhunter
Go to a local archery supplier and purchase a piece of excess aluminum/titanium arrow shafting that is left over from cutting arrows to equal pull length and cut them to length.
I usually put the receiver in the stock and bolt in the shaft, then scribe where the stock and floorplate/triggergaurd assembly will come together. Then cut and square off at the mark.
Once the rifle is bedded, there will not be any slop or looseness.
By the way, I do this with all of the rifles I'm serious about shooting, except the milsurps that don't have them. Germany must have figured this out a long time ago as they used pillars from day one, on the rear tang. Many are discarded by unknowing miscreants, when bubbaing or tearing down to clean out the cosmo.
bearhunter
Bearhunter, great advice I would have never thought of using arrows as pillars.
Thanks for all the advice guys very appreciative of all the ideas.
