I normally find that sporter rifles chambered up through around 30-06, or so, to have few, if any, issues w/ stock failures. Bedding on these are more intended toward repeatable accuracy. But when talking big bore chambered rifles, especially sporter weight, it is likely a good idea to have a non shifting, solid bedding, free of stress, with attention to detail in common areas of breakage, such as adding reinforcements, eliminating wedge splitting contact points, etc. Effort spent on this from the beginning, is well spent, and will save much effort, time, and headache dealing with stock breakage down the road, if ignored.
Last edited by GaryVA; 03/24/16.
