Q: The barrelled action in my rifle seems to be loose in the stock, and accuracy is really erratic and unpredictable.
I’ve been advised to have the action glass bedded and the barrel floated. Is this the best solution or is there a better one?
Ian Andrews
A: Some shooters are under the impression that glass bedding the action is a cure-all that will solve all their accuracy problems. This is far from true.
If done properly, glass bedding will often improve the accuracy of a rifle; if done improperly, it can often cause accuracy to be worse.
Nowadays, pillar bedding seems to be all the go since the receiver rests atop two pillars of aluminium, one beneath the receiver ring and the other beneath the tang.
The pillars have holes through them for the two action screws and extend down through the stock and against the trigger guard/floorplate assembly.
But most experienced gunsmiths and stockers glass-bed the receiver ring and the first 25 to 30mm of the barrel’s reinforce and as well incorporating pillars to act as spacers.
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