Got my Lott back from CZ and was talking with a local smithy about bedding it.

He recommends adding pillars where the stock attaches to the barreled action

Also to bed a steel rod in the pistol grip.

All this for $250. Not including the crossbolts I suggested.

How does this sound?

Thanks

Minkman

Sounds like a good idea, and have the crossbolts.. pined wrist/grip is SOP for me, for anything over .375

Does the CZ have a second recoil lug on the barrel? That is what is really needed to keep a lott from splintering the stock.

If the stock has good grain flow through the wrist, there is no need to put a rod in it.

Sounds kinda steep just to pillar bed an action and add rod to the wrist. I'd find it hard to believe it would take a smith more then 2 hours for that work.

Paul,
while the smith might be better than me, it's about 4 hours WORK to get it done.. not all in a bunch... and some liability for it...

30 mins for the bolt... bed that.. let that harden... mill to fit action.... bed the barrel... let that harden... tie down the front bolt and crossbolts, let that harden...

250 is high.. but 200 aint...

jeffe

It still strikes me as a bit steep. If he doesn't have any other work to do, and wants to charge the guy while he waits for the glue to dry, I can understand that. I could see 150ish, not 250.

Pick up the phone and call some of the smiths who've built quite a few Lotts. I'm hearing about quite a few Lotts breaking scopes, shearing scope mount screws, etc. It's a harsh round on rifles, and the cheap (relatively) and highly available ammo is causing a good number of Lott owners to shoot their guns often. I'm having one built now, but have been researching for three years. Off the record comments from gunsmiths have been eye opening!

Lots of "reinforced" glass in that action area, around magazine well, behind both recoil lugs is a good idea I hear. You can do much of that yourself.

By reinforced, I mean bedding material like AcraGlass Gel with additives. If you have any good (large) fiberglass boat builders in your area, you can probably get a handful of Microballoons (TINY TINY glass bubbles) or the other newer additives that give strength with or without weight. The additives they use at the transom and engine mounts are the ones you're interested in. Those are designed to handle vibration and add rigidity.

remember, this is my two cents. Form your own opinions, but talk to many who've built more than two or three. I met one with a rather interesting little scar on his neck from a Lott that splintered around the 200th round (it was in for feeding reliability work). Admittedly, he heard "something" at the shot prior to the failure.

Safe Hunting

Clint