Bedding CZ 550 Varmint

[CBHarto]

I'm debating if I should try to bed the action of my CZ 550 varmint .308.  The gun shoots ~1moa with gold medal match and I have found one load that will shoot relatively consistently at ~0.6".  I haven't done a ton of load work up so I may be able to find something that shoots even better, but a lot of loads shoot pretty crappy (1.5-2").  I'm wondering if anyone else has bedded their 550 and if it helped much?  Maybe I'm just spoiled by my savage .223 that shoots just about anything sub MOA. 

[baldhunter]

I did bed mine with JB Weld kwick.I coated the recoil lug and action screw with sno-seal,mixed up the JB Weld and placed a glob about the size of a 5/16 nut spread around the outside edge of the recess in the stock where the lug rest.Put it quickly back together,wait ten minutes and take it back apart.Clean everything back up,put her back together and you should be good to go.I left the factory bedding in the stock,did not remove anything from the stock,just added the JB Weld so the recoil lug is surrounded by it.Here is a group I shot with mine.

Here is another load that has worked well.
150gr Interbond
46.5grs of Varget
Winchester case and Winchester Large Rifle Primer
COL 2.795

[TCups]

Here is a load I worked  up and range tested this weekend.  Berger 168 gr VLD over 42.0 gr Varget, new Federal 30-06 brass resized to 308, necks reamed with RCBS pilot reamer and outside neck turned to 0.015" neck wall thickness uniformly. case length 2.015".  Fed LR primers. Bullets seated touching the lands and single loaded from the breech.   Chronied at 2560 fps.  5-shot group at 100 yards, center group.  Scope was zeroed at 200 yards.  Factory stock CZ 550 Varmint except for Timney 2# trigger replacement.



I say forget the bedding.  Keep your action screws tight.  Seat your bullets at the lands, and pay careful attention to keeping uniform neck wall thickness/ neck tension. The CZ won't let you down.




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[mauserand9mm]

Sounds like the bedding is okay.