Post by linebaugh on Jan 2, 2016 17:10:35 GMT -5
I am thinking through my next build and since talk is cheap and my funding is temporarily to low to order the barrel... What are the boards thoughts on bedding the barrel shank on the big, long shanks we typically use?
My build is going to be a very heavy bench/blind gun and I plan to have the barrel contoured to match the action for the first 5 or 6 inches. At that point I am looking at a straight taper to 1" at 30". This will be on the Savage target action so that shank diameter will be in the 1.3ish range as I am not using the nut.
Due to the extra heavy barrel I was considering bedding the barrel out nearly to the end of the straight shank. I would love to see the support but I am weary of 2 things.
1.) Will the barrel whip/harmonics be enough to cause me grief if I attempt to go this far out?
2.) Can I even maintain a solid stress free bedding job over that long of an area?
Not that it makes any difference but the stock will be a B&C Medalist M-40. I will mill a solid aluminum block to fit the mag well for the 3rd screw and additional bedding to support such a heavy barrel.
Any thoughts are welcome. Perhaps some of you have done this or have knowledge about it that I do not have. Thanks for reading.
My build is going to be a very heavy bench/blind gun and I plan to have the barrel contoured to match the action for the first 5 or 6 inches. At that point I am looking at a straight taper to 1" at 30". This will be on the Savage target action so that shank diameter will be in the 1.3ish range as I am not using the nut.
Due to the extra heavy barrel I was considering bedding the barrel out nearly to the end of the straight shank. I would love to see the support but I am weary of 2 things.
1.) Will the barrel whip/harmonics be enough to cause me grief if I attempt to go this far out?
2.) Can I even maintain a solid stress free bedding job over that long of an area?
Not that it makes any difference but the stock will be a B&C Medalist M-40. I will mill a solid aluminum block to fit the mag well for the 3rd screw and additional bedding to support such a heavy barrel.
Any thoughts are welcome. Perhaps some of you have done this or have knowledge about it that I do not have. Thanks for reading.
