I thought I'd ask some of the expert 'smiths here who have done a lot of bolt action bedding jobs.
As a hobby, I've bedded a couple of dozen or so rifles, mostly sporter & some varmint rifles. I always float the barrels. I started by bedding the barrel in front of the receiver tight the length of the chamber. Then I switched & bedded an inch no matter what the caliber. The last two, I tried to bed the barrel as close too the receiver ring as possible, may be a <1/4" of the barrel tight. These shot VERY well. Of course my results are too few & imprecise to draw many conclusions, but are there some rules of thumb or suggestions or comments on this?
TIA
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As a hobby, I've bedded a couple of dozen or so rifles, mostly sporter & some varmint rifles. I always float the barrels. I started by bedding the barrel in front of the receiver tight the length of the chamber. Then I switched & bedded an inch no matter what the caliber. The last two, I tried to bed the barrel as close too the receiver ring as possible, may be a <1/4" of the barrel tight. These shot VERY well. Of course my results are too few & imprecise to draw many conclusions, but are there some rules of thumb or suggestions or comments on this?
TIA
..bug