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11-05-2011 11:52 PM
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this site is geared more towards keeping them as issued, or restoring them back to military issue status.
no bedding was needed for this, and is not legal to do for CMP vintage rifle shooting.
to bed a 17 or other flat bottom action, do it just like any other hunting or sporting rifle, free floating works well, use a good quality 2 part epoxy. and your good to go.
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Thanks chuck but I think everyone has the wrong end of the stick here. I am not considering re-bedding with compounds of choice but are trying to obtain the specs for factory bedding or as issued bedding.I have no intention of changing anything but as these rifles are nearing thier century of age some things change inside and may need to be brought back to original specs, so that is why i would like a reference for the specifications of how they where when issued.
We have similar rules here in Australia and in fact shoot your courses of fire on same targets. Which I might say we all enjoy and we shoot figure targets as well.
Thanks fellas
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the only thing really bedded so to speak is the front of the stock at the end, the last 3 inches were the bayonet lug is attched, should have 3 inch pounds of upward pressure,
another thing you can do, is remove both stock bushings remove 1/8 off , and press them back in the stock, most movement on military stocks is in this area,
the guard screw bushing were used, so that if you had the rifle say in California, nice dry air, warm and sunny, one week, then rolling around in the ice cold snowy fields in France, then next week, the stock could move or expand without changing the function of the rifle.
those sheet metal bushings can move or come loose after time, they stick out just a bit, shortening them gives a better wood to action bite..that in itself will improve your rifles grouping 10 fold.
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