Should the large caliber rifles be glass bedded if in a synthetic stock? I wouldn't see why they would need to be, unless synthetic stocks can crack like wood. The only reason I can see for glass bedding them in a synthetic stock is to improve accuracy, but is this necessery? Thanks.
Sevens

Bill Leeper, a very wise individual, has a phrase that I like very much. It goes something like "There really isn't a good reason not to".

I'm altering a McMillan Stock for a 1999 MRC action and #5 barrel.....and it will definitely be glass bedded and have two stock crossbolts.

Is it necessary?...beats me. but that stock was pricey and the glass bedding material is cheap.

Sevens,
I'll be nice...

one of the reasons one beds is to cover inaccurate bedding. Since all mass produced stocks are designed to fit the SPEC of the action, your action will need to be bedded to have proper fit.

the accuracy is a second reason.


boomer RATTLE THE CRAP out of a stock, fore and aft, and bedding is the only choice.

besides... it's 2 hours, for a beginner, to do the work (not wait)...

jeffe

Is it possible to remove the rifle from the stock after it has been glass bedded? I would want to replace the synthetic later for a wood laminate. Thanks.
Sevens

You aren't glueing the action into the stock by glass bedding it. Although you can both intentionally and not so intentionally. An epoxy mold is all you are making giving the action a firm stress free seat.

I glass bed all my stocks. You get a much better fit and fill in all the spaces around the action. One can hardly belive how much extra space there is around a factory stock until you pull it out after bedding and see what the bedding has filled in.

The extra space can not do your rifle any good. Glass bed it end up with a stronger better fitting stock.