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Sako L579 stock bedding question

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Greg Meyer

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Hello,
I have a recently purchased L579 in 243. Having some issues with accuracy. The barrel is not free floating and I understand a lot of the older L579 are not. I decided to check the action screws and removed the action from the stock. There diffidently is a ridge down the middle of the stock as shown in the pictures. Is this normal???
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I have no problem sanding it down, but having never seen this before, figure I'd check here
 
If it is not touching the barrel, why are you concerned? If it's not touching the barrel why sand it down? Ridges like that are quite common & usually are cut so that no wood contacts the barrel. Have you bothered to run a piece of paper between the barrel & the stock to see where any possible contact points may be? You will find on Sakos that the wood should only contact the barrel at the end of the forearm to provide some "up" pressure on the barrel. No Sakos I know of leave the factory completely "free floated". This is normal & how Sakos were designed. The last place I concern myself with regarding accuracy with a Sako is the bedding or barrel channel. Look at other possibilities first, such as damaged crown, fouled barrel, ammo brand or ammo reloading variables, or scope or scope mount issues, etc, etc, before messing with the bedding. My experience has been a filthy, improperly cleaned or damaged bore is the #1 reason for poor accuracy on used rifles.
 
Thanks for the information, I will leave it alone and concentrate of the other areas mentioned.
Greatly appreciated.
 
The inletting around the recoil lug appears to be quite generous. Is this an original factory Sako stock?
 
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