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Old 01-11-2008 | 07:03 PM
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SHills
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Default RE: Should I bed or float my Omega?

Bowbender6,
I don't know who here knows what about bedding but I do know spaniel bedded his and has great groups. I did not want to modify my rifles stock. I notice however thatmy Omega's stock was touching on one side of the barrel. I removed the nibs of raised thick polyurthane? finish w/steel wool where the barrel was touching. Still touching. I had some teflon flat stock that I cut and fitted in the bottom of the stock gullies where the barrel studsdrop in. It was just about right but upon tighting I felt with such a hard laminated surface w/metal on the other side of the teflonI would get inconsistant results. I went to Lowes and found abrass cabinethinge that was a little thicker and predrilled the holes from the teflon template, and hacksawed and then filed to fit.Here is what I got!



I did sand down the surfaces to remove any burs etc. on a flat surface w/ ultra fine wet dry.WhatI don't know is will this mod cause POI changes when I remove the barrel and remount. I haven't had the time to test and retest. What I can tell you is when I do my part I can touch/clover leaf@ 100 meters. I know when I pull a shot but in general 5 shot groups turn out real nice. This is just a little better than before the mod. The main thing is the dollar bill slides back to the front lug w/o and interruption.



So my big question for the more experienced guys and to help me & bowbender6 is did I do something right or just headed in the right direction ?????
Thanks,
Steve
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