MN Sporter
Bedding the Action

The purpose of bedding the action is to improve accuracy by preventing the action from moving from shot to shot. We also want to limit the variation in barrel vibration from shot to shot. There are two methods of dealing with the barrel, either relieve the wood so that the barrel is floated (not touching the wood, or bed it as well as the action. I prefer to float them. In my particular stock, the barrel did not touch after bedding. However if yours does, simply file / sand away material until it does not.

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You will need a bedding kit such as this Acraglas kit from Brownell's. You will also need some clay to keep the bedding material from going where you don't want it. I swiped my wife's floral clay, but any kind will do : )

Use any convenient tool, such as a screw driver to rough up the surface for better adhesion.

Plug all the places you don't want bedding to go, such as screw holes and the cutout on the left where the ejector unit sets. Plug the holes in the receiver too.

You have to coat the receiver with a release agent so the bedding will not stick to it. The kit comes with a release agent, but I prefer to use a spray it down with PAM no stick pan coating (I actually use a generic equivalent). Be sure to coat everything well or you will forever bond your rifle together.

Now simply mix as your kit of choice directs. Smear the bedding mix in the channel and set the receiver in place. Clamp it firmly in place.

After an hour or two, cut away the excess that oozed out with a putty knife. Allow it to 48 hours to set. Once you remove the receiver, a tap with a wood block may be needed, you can sand away any remaining excess.

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