What are you guys doing (and not doing) to bed the action and/or barrel on your 10/22? I’ve already ordered an “elevating” barrel retainer (Gunsmither) and VQ’s “bedding system” to get started but I’m not finding overall agreement on what or how it should all be set in epoxy, other than most insist the barrel must be supported after the retainer. I had fully floated in mind but now I ain’t so sure. What has been working for you?
This one is the Compact still with factory 16.5” blued skinny barrel in an otherwise plain but pretty shorter pull Walnut stock with no barrel band. It tends to vertical string though not quite as bad as the other 2 or 3 standard carbines I’ve owned in the past, but the trigger on this one was by far the worst I’ve ever encountered on anything. I too often interrupted making a shot just to make sure that I hadn’t neglected to take it off “Safe”. So after missing yet another opportunity to dispatch cat food thieving possum I sought and received instant gratification through the purchase of a Volquartsen trigger housing/group costing about what I paid for the gun. This two minute “drop-in” made a very significant improvement to the gun’s operation but it has also infected me with some sort of “sickness”. Now I “must” do more!
