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And those are the scope and mounts that helped the rifle shoot groups well under an inch at 100 yards. I know it's hard to believe with a wood-stocked rifle "bedded" with a pair of bread-bag tabs, but....

Have been informed by more than one reader who tried the plastic-tab free-float that not only did their rifle shoot better, but they didn't bother "officially" bedding it, just left the tab in there. After all, it's probably as stable as epoxy.


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That’s my kind of engineering…… Bubba friendly

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Originally Posted by Mule Deer
And those are the scope and mounts that helped the rifle shoot groups well under an inch at 100 yards. I know it's hard to believe with a wood-stocked rifle "bedded" with a pair of bread-bag tabs, but....

Have been informed by more than one reader who tried the plastic-tab free-float that not only did their rifle shoot better, but they didn't bother "officially" bedding it, just left the tab in there. After all, it's probably as stable as epoxy.

This is a neat fix it that only experienced shooters would know. Good idea to try and find out how your rifle shoots floated compared to a pressure point. Saves money by not bedding to find out of it will improve accuracy.

Gonna have to try this one in my next problem rifle, which seems to be every rifle I've bought in recent years...🥴


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I've never owned a pre64, but have owned quite a few m70s. If it were my rifle I'd make sure all the copper was cleaned out, then shoot a few groups. If I wasn't satisfied I'd have a good smith, who has bedded plenty of m70s, bed the action and float the barrel. Have him cut a new crown while he has it. If the op is a handloader, work up a few "accuracy " loads per the manual. Then I'd hunt with the rifle, a lot.

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Love the bread tabs. Read or heard that if you were shooting off the rack M1's for score you'd unlatch the trigger group, lift up the receiver enough to slip a match book cover under the rear end and reseat, The witchery of bedding.

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I may give the bread tie trick a try on mine.

If I can ever get time to get to the range.......

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They can also work on "standard weight" pre-'64s, if you remove the forend screw.

Have also removed the forend screw on a few occasions back in my stock-making days, when I restocked a few pre-'64s. One belonged to a good friend who's a pre-'64 nut, a .270 that shot well. I asked him if he wanted the forend screw in the new stock, and he said no, not necessarily. So I full-length bedded the stock with a "skim" of Acra-Glas, and it shot better than it did with the original stock and forend screw.


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