Re: Synthetic stock - glass bedding needed?

05 February 2004, 04:51

Back40

What about the HS Precision stocks with the aluminum beeding block? Is bedding required as well?

05 February 2004, 03:52

<allen day>

If your priority is to really get the job done RIGHT, then have McMillan completely install and pillar-bed your rifle.

They do some of the finest, if not THE finest work of this sort in the country, and they do it for some of the top custom riflemakers in the world on a sub-contract basis.

It costs a little more and requires more wait-time, but so what? A good rifle lasts a long time.

I don't believe in haphazzard, pot-luck, save-a-nickle accuracy approaches, especially when better, proven, more precise, stronger bedding methods are attainable.

AD

05 February 2004, 10:20

Back40

Chuck..sounds like you have had some negative experiences with the HS stocks. Care to elaborate? I am considering replacing the wood stock on a Sako 75 Hunter. Thanks!

05 February 2004, 12:03

Jay Gorski

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I have an HS stock on a short action 700, unbedded as per their recomendation. Over the last couple of years the forearm has moved to a point were now it is pushing against one side of the barrel. HS says that it is impossible, I can't send the stock back because of that line known as the 49th parrallel. Just unhappy. The bedding block is rough enough to scratch the blueing on the bottom of the reciever as well.

IMO if the stock needs that bedding block, it isn't stiff enough to begin with.

Chuck, If you think about it, it is impossible for the forarm to move over, were talking about an aircraft grade piece of aluminum, that baby is hard, I've had Remington recievers that were not made to spec that made the barrel move over in the barrel channel, but the stocks were never at fault, tested this by switching stocks and barreled actions, the VS I bought last year was like this, barrel was over to the left, sent it back to REM., they put a different stock on and got the same result, so they took it upon themselves to take some aluminum off the right side of the bedding block to correct the problem, looked pretty good when I got it back, then I noticed the deed they had done and said piss on it and had it bedded cause I didn't want to mess with Rem. any longer, I know HS would've gave me another stock, but still would've had a barrel leaning to the left. Get the HS stock, if the bedding block is a little rough, I've noticed that also, think that's from when they paint it, take some 400 grit wet or dry and sand it, don't take much and it's smooth as a baby's butt, no big deal, I can't complain about their stocks, my 6mmRem shot in the 2s and 3s a couple years ago with a HS Thumbhole stock, when working up loads for it, all my rifles shoot good with these stocks, the reason the stocks are so strong is because of the ABB, saves you money from a bedding job, and lets you hit the same point of impact when you take the stock on and off again, the rest of the stock is made up of woven Kevlar, fiberglass cloth and uni-directional carbon fiber and epoxy based gel coat and laminating resin, The center core of the stock is a reaction injection molded, fiberglass reinforced polyurethane structural foam. This combo of materials and bedding block chassis system yeilds the strongest and only true "drop-in" synthetic stocks on the market.

Chuck, If you're the first owner of that stock your talking about, call Tod @1-605-341-3006, if they find something wrong, they'll fix or replace it, Lifetime warranty, don't matter your a Canuck, Done, Jay