Re: do AI stocks need to be bedded?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: villhelm</div><div class="ubbcode-body">thanks for all this great info guys! I think I'm going to buy the 1.5 instead of the 2.0 (don't really get the point of the folding stock??) i figure i will shoot it for awhile and then if I'm haveing problems i will get it bedded
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And there you have it.
HateCa has probably grown weary of chiming in on these threads, but he always used to and his point was "shoot it first".
Its also a personal choice/confidence issue. If you want one less variable to consider, go ahead and bed it. If one of the variables id the AICS itself, and you may not like its ergos, keep in mind bedding may hinder resale.
I've bedded and not bedded AICS's I've ran. I've finally come to the conclusions that a) I cannot shoot groups well enough to shoot the difference if there was a difference; and b)the AICS's grip is not conducive to ME shooting well.
Was it the chicken or the egg??
Mr Roscoe and Mr Cross bed AICS's whenever they build one, HateCa and GAP (I'm pretty sure) do not.
I'm of the inclination that if there is stress that can be seen with instruments and you are building a custom rifle-eliminate the stress. If you are dropping an existing 700 you have into an AICS, shoot it first and see if it shoots as well or better than the previous stock. If not, try bedding it.
Due to the shape of the rear tang, the rear action screw WILL induce stress <span style="font-weight: bold">on a R700 action </span>(<span style="font-weight: bold">the tang can be pulled lower into the "V" shaped channel than the full round receiver can</span>). Will it make YOUR rifle shoot worse?-can't answer that for you.
R700 in AICS (old bad pictures, but this was MY experience and convinced me to bed mine)-
Front action screw tight, rear loose:
Rear action screw tight, front loose: