Bedding M70 375HH With 2 Recoil Lugs

[RSL]

I plan to pillar bed my Classic M70 and it has the two recoil lugs. Do i bed the front recoil lug on the barrel or can it be free floated? I would really like to find someone in the Phoenix area to do this for me. At a reasonable cost for a perfect functional and cosmetic job. Completed in a timely manner without some bs excuses why it is not done. LOL ;-) I know this is asking a lot these days but it is what it is. Any help is appreciated.
Stan

 

[Nhoro]

The CZ has a barrel and an action lug. I bedded both on my CZ 458 lott. You don't say if yours is a big bore, I think high recoil rifles benefit from both lugs being bedded. Small bore, probably free float the barrel. I think with high recoil, correct bedding of barrel and action lugs helps spread the load and reduce risk of splitting the stock.

 

[RSL]

Thanks for your reply @Nhoro .
It is a 375 H&H. The barrel lug and the action lug appear to have been bedded at one time with a
semi-pliable material. Most of which is missing
now. My M70 was mfg in 1998 at New Haven.

The CZ has a barrel and an action lug. I bedded both on my CZ 458 lott. You don't say if yours is a big bore, I think high recoil rifles benefit from both lugs being bedded. Small bore, probably free float the barrel. I think with high recoil, correct bedding of barrel and action lugs helps spread the load and reduce risk of splitting the stock.

 

[Nhoro]

I would bed them both with epoxy. I am not familiar with the Winchester front lug but You just need to think about getting both lugs to bear the recoil evenly. On the CZ, it has a metal insert under the barrel so i bedded that first, ensuring good contact and could push back against that steel when I bedded the action recoil lug. The CZ action lug has a chappy plastic piece behind it so pre- prepared for bedding. Probably 1/4" of space behind the lug so it made sense to bed the barrel and then the action. If the winchester beds on wood, do them both at the same time.