Re: Bedding AR10 / LR308 actions
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NYresq</div><div class="ubbcode-body">you said you would reverse it next time, why put the marine tex in the lower instead of the upper lug??
And did you do anything on the front lug?
I see the lever system you hung it by the barrel to dry, but how did you apply downward pressure on the front lug? wouldn't hanging it by the barrel like that cause the front lug to push up and forward against the pin instead of pulling down?
I would think it would be better to have a straight up/down pull to apply pressure against the length of the mating faces on the upper and lower to be better. or does it not matter? </div></div>
I would put the bedding in the lower rear (under the rear lug area) as a way to better judge how much is needed. The upper would still be the only that the bedding would stick to. It is very hard to tell how much is enough by putting bedding on the lug itself. putting the bedding in the lower part it is easier to tell if you have enough. Again it will only stick to the upper. I did lightly bed the front lug. This was not for up or down play but for side to side play. Up or down pressure was not really a concern.
However after reading the last part of your post I agree with you on the equal down/down pressure. It is something I had not thought of! I don't know it the way I did it would matter but the way you are explaining it would seem to be a better method.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NYresq</div><div class="ubbcode-body">you said you would reverse it next time, why put the marine tex in the lower instead of the upper lug??
And did you do anything on the front lug?
I see the lever system you hung it by the barrel to dry, but how did you apply downward pressure on the front lug? wouldn't hanging it by the barrel like that cause the front lug to push up and forward against the pin instead of pulling down?
I would think it would be better to have a straight up/down pull to apply pressure against the length of the mating faces on the upper and lower to be better. or does it not matter? </div></div>
I would put the bedding in the lower rear (under the rear lug area) as a way to better judge how much is needed. The upper would still be the only that the bedding would stick to. It is very hard to tell how much is enough by putting bedding on the lug itself. putting the bedding in the lower part it is easier to tell if you have enough. Again it will only stick to the upper. I did lightly bed the front lug. This was not for up or down play but for side to side play. Up or down pressure was not really a concern.
However after reading the last part of your post I agree with you on the equal down/down pressure. It is something I had not thought of! I don't know it the way I did it would matter but the way you are explaining it would seem to be a better method.