Bedding the T

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Well I got curious as to what my stock maker said he used previously to fix the draws on a permanent basis in making up an aluminium block so I thought given I have a 14 y/o boy who wants to progress to all the 303's I own I said well it will outlast him as well lets have a Bo peep at the conversion.

He handles the full loads quite well guess at 6'3" he is the same height as I am think I have got problems there ?
Anyway I digress, now that you have all spewed and gasped I am hoping some of you see the logic as the draws were pretty smashed from the previous owner shooting it with the front trigger guard swivel screw not bottomed out.
You could tighten the screw as much as you could and the whole shebang receiver included would just rock up and down as you lifted the barrel at the muzzle, I doubt he would have hit a barn side at 20'with it ??????
And that my friends is why the whole action and barrel were rocking around in the breeze literally I kid you not.

The load I was developing I think may be a fizzer as the group at 300m was crap so its back to '08 (Varget) again.
So without smashing me to pieces looking from the rear at the block you can see the bedding is higher than the block should I get my gunsmith to level this off.
It pulls down well but I feel the front bedding compound may need re doing as well, I took pics of some other stampings under the barrel also on the mag catch release.
Does anyone know why there is an X on the left side of the stock pretty faint, sorry about the barrel serial but it matches the one on the wrist strap for the rifle.

It cost me a fair bit the rifle did and still getting there sinking $'s into it all I am trying to do is get it together so myself and son can enjoy shooting it at the range for many years to come.
Thanks people

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