Bedding CZ 457 pro varmint

[JEE]

Very nice!

[D1kco]

Originally Posted by Frontrange42

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Thanks for the compliment. I was looking for something to back up the putty I used to fill the action holes. Cotton balls worked great as a backer material. I think if you make sure to get everything coated well with your preferred release agent, those overkill steps wouldn’t be necessary. Would be great to see how your bedding turns out. Always good to see how other folks do it.

Here is the last job I did on a CZ 455 American. The streakiness is just where I tried to dye the JB Weld with dye. I was plagued by voids etc (cotton balls may have helped! ). Did pillars also. Helped hugely with consistency.

It was very, very tricky to do the pillars due to so little supporting material.

As always, I learn a little more each time about what not to do.

Did a Ruger 77/17 17WSM recently, very easy and straightforward.



Regards,
Dicko.

[SLS]

Nice groups.

[pipestone]

Front range... here's one of mine I did last winter
















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[SLS]

Where do you get those fancy targets ?

[Frontrange42]

Very nice looking bedding there pipestone and D1kco! I notice both you guys bedded the first couple inches of the barrel. What made you decide to do that versus complete free float or bedding the entire barrel?

[Frontrange42]

Originally Posted by SLS

Where do you get those fancy targets ?

A knowledgeable gun man and a comedian! Is there anything you don’t do?

[D1kco]

Originally Posted by Frontrange42

Very nice looking bedding there pipestone and D1kco! I notice both you guys bedded the first couple inches of the barrel. What made you decide to do that versus complete free float or bedding the entire barrel?

The paradigm of common thinking!

There may or may not be evidence to deny or support the benefits of total float vs first inch bedded vs full bed, I just remember when I first started looking into it maybe 20 years ago that bedding the first inch or so seemed to be common on sporter rifles and I've done it that way ever since. It's worked for me!

Here are some pics of the Ruger 77/17 in 17WSM. I haven't pillar bedded it (yet) though I may well do because I think it will be very easy and can't hurt. It tightened groups up by approx 0.5 MOA. Target was shot in 28km/h gusts:

[SLS]

Originally Posted by Frontrange42

A knowledgeable gun man and a comedian! Is there anything you don’t do?

Change diapers and fit in small cars.

[pipestone]

Originally Posted by Frontrange42

Very nice looking bedding there pipestone and D1kco! I notice both you guys bedded the first couple inches of the barrel. What made you decide to do that versus complete free float or bedding the entire barrel?

The way I saw it was while your at it with the epoxy lay the rear bbl. support, you can always sand it out if it doesn't like it. My 10/22's like this method but the Marlins I have sanded out and with a free float bbl., put a front bbl. support and they shoot superb


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