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Brad, great job!
And, GREAT bull!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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The next time Brad beds a rifle, we ought to get him to shoot a video and post it on u tube.
Merry Christmas to everyone.
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Brad,
You bed the "shank or full chamber" area.
What about on a Winchester Featherweight contour barrel? Do you still bed the chamber area, or some other amount?
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Brad
Once you get done with all of your set up steps, do you find your rifles hold zero better than an out of the box set up? Deep, can't really say as I think I've only ever shot one Kimber (a 308) without fully bedding it. That rifle shot great, but most 308's do!
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Brad,
You bed the "shank or full chamber" area.
What about on a Winchester Featherweight contour barrel? Do you still bed the chamber area, or some other amount? DD, on the featherweight I generally will bed to the base of the cartridge shoulder.
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Travis, what happens in Havre, stays in Havre.
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Sammer, you know how meticulous I am... can be a bit of a curse at times. But it does get me a lot of work!
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Brad
Once you get done with all of your set up steps, do you find your rifles hold zero better than an out of the box set up? Deep, can't really say as I think I've only ever shot one Kimber (a 308) without fully bedding it. That rifle shot great, but most 308's do! Yeah I guess you wouldn't really know then. How's this: do you typically have to adjust the scope when you go the range post-season? Even for rifles that don't get hunted, I often find that they are off 1/2 MOA or so if they sit in the closet long enough.
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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Yeah I guess you wouldn't really know then.
How's this: do you typically have to adjust the scope when you go the range post-season?
Even for rifles that don't get hunted, I often find that they are off 1/2 MOA or so if they sit in the closet long enough.
Nope, essentially never. Funny you should bring this up, I took my 308 MT up to my range last week after the season to check its zero, and it was exactly where it was at the beginning of the season, after a pretty good backpack hunt.
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Yeah I guess you wouldn't really know then.
How's this: do you typically have to adjust the scope when you go the range post-season?
Even for rifles that don't get hunted, I often find that they are off 1/2 MOA or so if they sit in the closet long enough.
Nope, essentially never. Funny you should bring this up, I took my 308 MT up to my range last week after the season to check its zero, and it was exactly where it was at the beginning of the season, after a pretty good backpack hunt. That is a good sign.
I probably hit more elk with a pickup than you have with a rifle. I have yet to see anyone claim Leupold has never had to fix an optic. I know I have sent a few back. 2 MK 6s, a VX-6, and 3 VX-111s.
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Great write up Brad, Thanks.
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Here's this years elk, a decent 7x7, with the 308: ![[Linked Image]](http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa326/bradmacmt/Hunting/elkII10.24.15_zpsodmhkzhy.jpg) Really great write-up Brad. Thanks for taking the time. Congrats on another very fine bull also! Merry Christmas
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Brad, great write-up. Question on the JB-Weld scope base mounting. Have you ever done it on a rifle with Cerakote and tried to remove the scope bases? I'm guessing the cerakote would come off but have never tried it. I have some rifles with cerakote and been reluctant to use the JB-Weld for this reason.
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Brad,
Thanks a ton for the great post. I have an 84L Classic with the walnut stock. Any ideas on anything you might do differently for a wood-stocked gun?
Thanks,
Jed
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DJ, I've no idea on the Ceracote... that would likely be a good question for someone that applies it like Redneck here on the forum. I'd be curious to know myself.
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Jed, nice thing about your wood stock is that, unlike the Montana's which are "generically" bedded with a slave action, the wood-stocked versions are bedded to their individual actions, so unless you want to add some bedding to what is already there, I'd not worry about it.
Best,
Brad
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Brad, I had never heard that about the wood stocks. That really surprises me that they would do one method for one type of stock and another for the other. How did you find that out?
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Great write up...and excellent work. I would gladly pay for instruction in your bedding practices.
I have it in my mind that I can do it. Would just like to have someone looking over my shoulder and guiding me through potential trouble spots.
Thanks for sharing.
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Jed, that's what I was told by Kimber. But I honestly can't confirm it as I've never had an 84M wood model apart. What are your thoughts pulling it apart, does it look like the action and bedding were mated during bedding? Put up some pics if you can.
The Montana stocks are made and painted in Costa Rica, so it makes sense they'd be bedded at the time of mfg with a slave action.
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