I mean on purpose. At one time is was a fairly common sight on the bench rest circuit.
I have a Model 43 Winchester project. It has been rebarreled with a heavy target barrel. Problem is they never cut the bottom of the barrel for a tenon for the front screw.
As opposed to finding a smith to do the machine work, I am considering epoxy.
Thoughts?
Glue-ins remain the most common type of bedding on real Benchrest rifles.
If it was mine, I'd machine the action for a couple of screws, do a recoil lug and a conventional pillar bedding job. If you don't care about the magazine lash up on the 43's, it's a lot easier.
They did you a favor not cutting the barrel for the mounting spud, by the way.
Good shootin' -Al
