Originally Posted by Mule Deer
For those who missed my post on the Ruger American bedding blocks, and how a 6.5 Creedmoor shot without any "skim" bedding, here's another example--but of a Franchi Momentum, also a 6.5 Creedmoor, with Hornady factory ammo at 300 (not 100) yards. There was a slight left-hand breeze, the reason the 4-shot group is a little right of the aiming point.

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And here's a look at the "bedding blocks," which have some resemblance to those of the Ruger posted earlier--except the rear "block" isn't a V, but flat support for the tang--and front V fits into slots on the underside of the receiver.The Franchi was not skim-bedded either--and both rifles use full-diameter, 3-lug bolts.

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Both rifles (and some others with similar bedding blocks I've tested in recent years) are why I am beginning to suspect the typical standard recoil-lug system may not be the best for accuracy--especially with a larger bedding block, right out of the box.

The Franchi, by the way, is yet another of those inexpensive factory rifles that shoot extremely well. Have tested more than one of them as well.


The Franchi does shoot! Coincidentally, my first stab at the Creedmoor. What type of ammo John? Mine doesn’t shoot quite that well. I have no intention of loading for this one either.