
However, this is only helpful if we assume that friction is the primary means of preventing movement between the receiver and the stock. My scattered thoughts on a Sunday morning:ġ) The V-shaped opening of a bedded block is indeed conductive to increasing the normal force applied to the receiver. We just need to know the coefficient of friction between steel and the hardened bedding compound of your choice and we can figure out if bedding would resist movement more than a steel receiver in an anodized aluminum vee block. a round receiver in a vee block will require more force to overcome the friction between them than a round receiver in a round stock, assuming the vee block/stock were made from the same material. "stiffen" probably wasn't the best choice of word by clark but he is correct about the vee increasing the normal force. Originally Posted By: Keith JohnsOriginally Posted By: ClarkTheoretically, glass bedding a round receiver should only be half as stiff as a V-block connection, given the same action screw torque. So what about that system is insuring good recoil lug contact? The fact that its "pretty close"? Point being, do you think some receiver faces(and therefor lugs) might be a little further forward than on others? How spot on do yall think Remington is on their receiver face distant from the action screws? Not very? Kinda like it helps with other stocks(Mcmillan, Manners, etc.) I can kinda see how bedding miiight just help. If talkin a Remy700, you have an un-round action that isn't straight either btw, and you're bolting it into an imperfect aluminum block. I'm not getting into the "bedding V-blocks" discussion further than to say. I don't get what you're saying about the V. The V block does not need to be shaped like a V, it just has to be stiff like one and touch in the same place as one.Īre you saying the aluminum helps stiffen the action because they're bolted together? More so than fiberglass? Smaller angles would wedge the cylinder shape in even harder. The 90 degree V should double the forces. That is because the V block is a force multiplier. Originally Posted By: ClarkTheoretically, glass bedding a round receiver should only be half as stiff as a V-block connection, given the same action screw torque. I wouldn't consider what I did a skim bedding job. I took out quite a bit of material (1/2 inch or more at the action screws). I actually cut into my aluminum block the same way I did with my wood stock. I wonder if anyone has had their bedding come off as a result of the aluminum oxidizing.įrom what I understand as long as you rough up the aluminum well enough you should be good to go. Aluminum oxide is very hard, actually even harder than titanium oxide. The reason both materials have such superior corrosion resistance is that they oxidize almost instantly. Just wondering, doesn't titanium oxidize the same way aluminum does. I know it’s done all the time and most never see any adverse issues, just something to keep in the back of your mind. Over time due to the oxidation the panels began to separate and they had to go to titanium frames. The airline industry found this out the hard way when they started bonding light weight carbon skins/panels to aluminum frames. This means over time the bedding may begin to separate and come loose. You can’t stop the oxidation process from happening. No matter what bedding compound you use the aluminum will oxidize under it. Originally Posted By: Jeff in TXOne caution with bedding to aluminum. So the rear tang was causing the problem on the HS stock? After you bedded it did the accuracy return to the action? I went from amazing accuracy in the crapy accustock to shitty accuracy in the HS overnight. When the action was torqued down properly and the rear tang rode the stock really hard thus torqueing the action. I had to bed that stock because the action didn't sit straight in the stock.

That was a huge PITA for me trying to torque that down right. I havn't noticed that it increased accurcy but it didn't hurt it and now I don't have to deal with that stupid accuwedge. I bed it with devcon and it turned out pretty well. The rifle didn't shoot all that bad but I could see where the rifle was riding on the aluminum blocks as it would leave marks on the action and it wasn't that much contact. Originally Posted By: Savage 10fpI have 2 savages that I have bedded in aluminum bedding blocks. Re: Bedding with an aluminum bedding block
