#2283611 - 06/29/08 08:10 PM
Bedding ??
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steve4102
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I hear people talking about bedding "settling in" before a newly bedded rifle will shoot at it's best. What is meant by "settling in" and is there any truth to it.
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#2284036 - 06/30/08 06:22 AM
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RickB
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If the bedding material "settled" after it had cured then you would have uneven pressure and bearing spots against the receiver or recoil lug, or even gaps...which would sort of defeat the purpose of the bedding in the first place.
Just my opinion.
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#2285506 - 06/30/08 09:32 PM
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The only time I've seen a similar comment was in Wolfe's Professional Stockmaking book. There is some suggestion to assemble and shoot ones unit as his stock is nearing completion as a check for proper wood/metal fit, catch some slap in a supposedly floated barrel channel, perhaps take care of any unseen wood compression or bedding issues, and to assure proper clearances in the tang area after ones work has been stressed a bit. For finely made stocks, those issues should be taken care of before one begins sealing wood and applying any finish.
It's a bit more difficult to correct, reseal, and and consistently refinish only portions of a piece if one has taken a stock to completion without putting it through it's paces first.
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#2285865 - 07/01/08 06:35 AM
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The first thing that would come to my mind upon hearing such a comment would be: How exactly does cured and hardened epoxy "settle"...where does it "settle" to...and what takes place to stop it from continuing to "settle?" 
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#2291835 - 07/04/08 09:27 AM
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RickB: I've never had issue with anything that I've bedded. I leave a completely relaxed barreled action resting in the stock for 2 or three days before removal, and everything is indeed brittle rock solid.
Living in eastern Oregon where we are completely unaware of the the term humidity, I have had some stocks that moved over a period of about 2 years as they dried. My most serious was a Weatherby Mk V that I had to float 3 times. The action was also being stressed as one torqued down the screws. When it finally settled down I glassed the tang and recoil lug areas. I had several frustrating range experiences in that period, but it's a performer now.
The books indicate a blank should sit for 6+ years before one begins chiseling out a stock. I've never seen any information from the commercial stock suppliers though on their drying times, so it's probably a case of buyer beware.
My last Richards unit is remaining quite stable. It was a higher quality piece of wood though, that may have been in the stable for some time.
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#2291857 - 07/04/08 09:37 AM
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I have heard comments made that after a rifle is reassembled it takes a few shots to settle into the bedding as oppossed to the bedding needing to "settle". My thoughts are that if the rifle needs a couple of shots to fit properly something went wrong with the initial job cause the whole point of bedding is so the rifle does not move.
In my experience, with good synethetic stocks you should be able to remove and replace the action with almost no perceptible loss of zero.
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#2291867 - 07/04/08 09:40 AM
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I guess maybe it's just semantics. I'm well aware that wood can swell and shrink due to absorbing and releasing the moisture in the air...but I don't consider that the same as claiming that the epoxy bedding has to "settle."
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