AICS to bed or not to bed

[mrbig]

I have been shooting a Rem 700 Police that shot pretty well skim bedded in the aluminum block in the HSPrecision stock,,I have the Jewell trigger and had to file out a little in the chassis to clear the safety and bolt release to fit in the AICS 1.5 chassis,,

does anybody skim bed these chassis systems or just torque them down hard and bang away,,I have the spigot and Atlas bipod coming from Midway and need some higher rings as the cheek piece is to high even adjusted down as low as it will go,

I have never owned any chassis and really want to get all the accuracy as possible,,does anybody think skim bedding with Devcon would help it out any??

pics off my bench ammo testing and getting base zero.I am impressed so far,,

 

[LawnMM]

Just bolt it in and go, you defeat the modular advantage of a chassis system and destroy its resale value by bedding it. Which, by the way, is unlikely to increase accuracy anyway

 

[STR]

I think I would just torque it to proper specs and shoot it first before doing any bedding. If it shot well enough for me, then I would leave it be. BTW, well enough for me out of a factory rifle would be somewhere in the 3/4 MOA consistently. Especially if I'm using it to hit steel plates at distance.

 

[Captain Kirk]

How does it shoot currently? If your chasing accuracy you currently do not have, bedding can be one aspect that could improve things. Basically, the chassis will be true, but on occasion the action will not be, which will cause torquing the action when tightened down. Not all actions mounted in a chassis systems require bedding, but some do.

 

[mrbig]

I have not tested for accuracy from the AICS yet,,only mounted scope and got a 100 yard zero,,it was shooting .5 - .65 moa 5 shot groups at 100 and 300 yards off a rest in the HS stock,,at 600 and 1,000 it would shoot good enough for my use but it was bedded over the aluminum block,,

I will wait and hold off until I shoot a couple hundred rounds and see how it goes,,

 

[Aimsmall55]

Here's 2 groups from a .300 win mag and a .308 in 1.5 chassis. Both are customs. Although I've heard from a bench rest friend of mine that it doesn't hurt and it his buddy shooting FTR (where group size matters ) a little but nothing to write home about.

 

[glockdan78]

I think places like ga precision usually bed the lug and tang on the chassis.

 

[Rattler56]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[Vio515]

I have a 700 5R in a AICS 1.5 chassis. I consistenly get 3/4 MOA with just the action torqued down in the chassis. The wear marks on the chassis and action are been nice and even. I now have over 800+ rounds down the tube and I see no reason to mess with anything.

Follow your own advice and shoot it and see how it goes for a while.

 

[Graham]

AICS to bed or not to bed

If you're taking your AICS to bed you're doing it wrong.

Seriously, though, try it without being bedded first. But if the action is a recent production Remington, you might see an improvement when bedded.