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Going to take a hard look at my CZ550 AmSaf in .375H&H. I would have sworn I recalled extra cross bolts & suchlke, but it has been a while since I took it out of the stock and gave it the gimlet eye.

I think I will practice bedding on my old Rem700 ADL before I go about bedding the action, though.

I have no idea why anyone would shoot a wood stock rifle without relieving and bedding.

Most especially if it kicks more than a 223.

I have quite a few rifles in calibers well above the 223 threshold all the way up to a 450NE (but that's a double so not really germane). I bedded the 416 Rigby because I did hear some had cracked and I wanted to take no chances whilst in Africa. Since then I've also bought a CZ 550 in the same caliber and again, given the accounts here and elsewhere, I will bed it at some point in the near future. That said, none of my Winchesters, Brownings or Weatherbys have ever given me an issue.

Steelhead, do you realize that's the second time you posted that, on this thread?

You might just have to go through life with that mystery unsolved.

The factory bedding was nearly perfect on my 550 9.3X62, just make sure that both recoil lugs are bearing evenly and there is some clearance at the tang. If the action and barrel recoil lugs don't bear evenly then glass bed, especially at the lugs. Bedding in the wood is fine if done properly. The wood should be treated inside and out with a water resistant finish. Glass beading compound of course seals the wood where it is applied.