Glass bedding the Great Plains Riffle.

[Birddog6]

I am considering glass bedding my GPR. I noticed that when the barrel is hooked into the rear tang, considerable pressure is needed to spring the barrel down into the stock. Is this normal? I seems to me that this tension would have an effect on accuracy. On the other had, maybe this tension is needed because the barrel hooks into the tang and is not part of the tang? I had thought about bedding so that there would be no tension, just a snug fit but I,m not sure if this is the right thing to do? Any advice would be appreciated.

The first thing I would do is find out "WHY" there barrel has tension on it, then relieve that area to take the tension off. It could be at the hooked breech tang not being inlet correctly, could be a lil wood needs scraped out from under the barrel channel, could be the escutcheon plates are a lil low, etc. I would aproach it as "WHY" first, then what to do to correct it. Bedding the barrel at this point will not ease the tensions as all the bedding will do is fill in the gaps. The problem is you have Too Much of something someplce in there holding the barrel up, OR you have a warped forestock. Either way, you need to relieve it to take the barrel tension off. Get the tension off & then work on the other issues, such as keeping the wedge pins in & etc.

:imo: (which ain't worth much.)

 

[buckknife]

If that dont work try loosing the tang screw.Heck i aint no gun builder.I have a old cva hawken that you couldnt even get the barrel out unless you screwed the tang screw out a bit.An old kit gun most likley,got a different barrel on it now.I tightened the lock screw on too much on my 36 and it did what you discribe.Turned it out just a bit so the wood wasnt acting like a vise and it went in and out smooth.I would at least try these,it might give you an idea of were its tight at anyhoo. :hmm: