Has anyone done this?

[shoalwater]

I am building a 6.5 Creedmoor for a buddy of mine, we are using a B&C Medalist stock with the aluminum bedding block. Has anyone left off the little silver hook thingy from the center feed blind mag? I just don't like the idea of the action having to sit on top of that rather than the aluminum bedding block. You go from good solid contact to a tiny little area of contact. I don't really want to bed the action if I don't have to. Let me know what you think.

[J.Baker]

That little silver hook thingy is what sets the height of the rear of the magazine. I guess you could omit it, but most likely you'll find that your bolt won't strip a round from the magazine because the magazine is sitting too low. Why not just do it right and use a small file to cut a groove in the aluminum block for the bracket to sit in?

[JWW123]

i thought the medalist all ready had a slot for the L-clip i think mine do

[shoalwater]

jww123, you are correct, boy I feel like a dumbass. I looked at one of my old staggerfeed medalist stocks and not the new centerfeed one.

[DanSavage]

I ended up removing the L clip, shimming the mag properly, and bedding the whole aluminum bedding block with JB weld. Didn't really gain much but it made me feel better having 100% contact area on the action.

[stangfish]

I ended up removing the L clip, shimming the mag properly, and bedding the whole aluminum bedding block with JB weld. Didn't really gain much but it made me feel better having 100% contact area on the action.

Dan, did you take any pictures of that.

[DanSavage]

Dan, did you take any pictures of that.


No I didn't Stang, when I go into a project< I'm like a mad man and the only thing I'm thinking of is what I'm working on, and doing it right. Later I think of why didn't I ever take before and after pics, or even make a vid tutorial for you tube, but I need all of my concentration for what I am doing and I don't want to screw it up trying to multi task LOL.

I'll put up a pic tonight or tomorrow of the bedding job on the B&C stock.

[stangfish]

Great. I like pikturs

[nastynatesfish]

I'm looking at the same thing on my 7-08 the tang for the safety sits up about 1/16 and bugs me. I think I'll file a notch in it since I don't wanna run it single, well see. My stock is a choate tactical

[DanSavage]

Bottom pic shows where I shimmed it at the front of the mag. Getting the height of the mag right is really important for proper feeding.

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a542/243Wilson/F-Class081_zps4542ccce.jpg (http://s1283.photobucket.com/user/243Wilson/media/F-Class081_zps4542ccce.jpg.html)

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a542/243Wilson/F-Class080_zps97e3e163.jpg (http://s1283.photobucket.com/user/243Wilson/media/F-Class080_zps97e3e163.jpg.html)

http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/a542/243Wilson/F-Class079_zpsc1ca4171.jpg (http://s1283.photobucket.com/user/243Wilson/media/F-Class079_zpsc1ca4171.jpg.html)

[stangfish]

Excellent Dan, that gives much more rear bedding area. Well done.