I picked up a Model 70 Classic Super Express .416 Rem Mag. Anyone think the factory bedding is bad enough that even with the factory crossbolts I am risking stock damage if I shoot it before I have it properly bedded? Two boxes of Remington Green Box 400 grain round-nosed Barnes solids came with it and I probably should give it a whirl before too long.

Thanks.


Oops -- too much caffeine and not enough sleep. I was going to put this in Big Bores...

I would shoot mine first before I did any thing more.

Mine broke the stock within the first six shots. Basically drove an area of the wood between the action lug and the mag well rearward about a sixteenth of an inch.

I thought I could shoot it a few times before I bedded it properly. I was wrong.

That factory glue gun bedding isn't worth anything.

I would bed it first. The factory's idea of bedding is a dab of hot glue on the back of the recoil lug. Could save you a lot of trouble if you bed it right away.

Thanks for the insight. Looks like some reinforcement is called for.