Glass Bedding an FNH Model 70

[MalleeFarmer]

I have been having accuracy issues with my M70 so I decided to chisel out the old bedding remove some wood and re bed. Here's Hoping this fixes the problem.
The standard bedding was so tight I could hardly get the action out of the stock. I thought this could have been stressing the action.

[Wm.Traynor]

Could not get mine out either and had the same suspicions. To stop the action flexing, the rear half of the tang was the only contact with that end of the action, that would work. To put it another way, there was a half-moon of support for the tang; the rear half. YMMV

To do a proper job, locking compound had to be removed from the screw threads, so as not to give a "false reading" when testing for flex at the fore-end tip.
Good luck

[Gwion]

Can't see well in the pic but I would be using the round section of the action as my tracking rails and taping up the side parallels of the action to prevent hang up. This way the base flat provides your stress free bedding depth and the round side rails allow for true tracking under battery with no chance of pinching the action.

[MalleeFarmer]

Can't see well in the pic but I would be using the round section of the action as my tracking rails and taping up the side parallels of the action to prevent hang up. This way the base flat provides your stress free bedding depth and the round side rails allow for true tracking under battery with no chance of pinching the action.

I never thought of that.. I thought there would be enough of a taper on the bottom half of the action not to get hung up but you may well be right. This is why I put stuff on here!! Cheers for the advice.

[Hercl]

The standard bedding was so tight I could hardly get the action out of the stock. I thought this could have been stressing the action.

Some sense in that.

How does it shoot with the fresh bedding?