Originally Posted by
Ridge Runner
always thought that to bed a heavy barreled 10/22 ya bedded the barrel and floated the action so ya didn't have 3# of steel pulling on an aluminum action.
RR
thus the pad for the fluted barrel.............done correctly nothing is pulling on anything. It all sits in the stock without stressing the action.
Also alot of aftermarket 10/22 barrels are chambered so as to prevent the use of Stinger ammo because the chamber is too short forthe longer case.
To do the barrel channel with an end mill takes a bit of set up time...25-30 mins to get it right. Takes about two minutes to cut it, tops.