I have a Weatherby Mk V that I just purchased a B&C Medalist stock for. It has the aluminum bedding block. My question is about glassing. Is it advisable to do so with a bedding block, or a waste of resources.

Want to do this right, but don't want to do more than is needed.

Thanks,
300winnie

One would like to assume that all is square, but that is not always the case. Just check it.

I have a Mark V that exhibited evidence of stress at the range. The barrel had been floated, but I was suspect on the action. Since ones scope mounts span the action, I thought a bore sighter might provide an answer.

Installed my bore sighter and made note of the cross hair coordinates with the scope at it's highest power. With the sighter still in place, I carefully loosened and tightened the action screws and flexing was quite evident with checks of the bore sighter. Glassed the action in a fully relaxed state. Now nothing moves as one torques down or loosens the screws, and it shoots extremely well.

Heating or inconsistent torque if one assembled or disassembled a rifle for cleaning would obviously affect point of impact.

Not a measure that I can quantify, but I'd speculate it's quite sensitive.

I purchased a Bell@Carlson with aluminum bedding block for a Zastava Whitworth, (Mouser) The bedding block was not true to my action so I took a dremel and removed enouph material to glass bed it. Mouser actions vary somewhat. The stock you have might be a much better fit being for a weatherby.

Shod

I skim bed all my stocks with bedding blocks around the recoil lug area.

Several years ago, I had a 270 built on a Mauser action. The stock was a B&C Medalist with the aluminum bedding block. Long story short, before all was said and done the rifle benefited from being glass bedded.

Mine are bedded

shoot it first, then decide.

+2 ... If it shoots to your satisfaction without the glass bedding, save the time and $$$'s...

Rifle actions are mass produced. There are tolerances involved especially in machined parts like actions that are heat treated. There is a chance that your bedding block will fit your action perfectly but a much larger chance that it won't. Shoot it and see if you are happy. If not a little Dremel and drill work and a teaspoon of bedding material is about all it takes to fix it up.

I have a Cooper Excaliber that has the B&C stock with the aluminum bedding block. It came bedded from the Factory. Cooper evidently thinks it is necessary.

Bedding a B&C with aluminum took 1/2 moa out of my CZ550.