When I built my wife's Grendel I forgot to bed the barrel. I just slid it in and torqued her down. I did use anti seize in the nut though. I am kicking myself but am wondering if it should be fine since she will only use it for deer and hogs. She is not into precision shooting. I know it's not hard to break it down and bed but I don't want to if it will work fine as is. It's a 16" AA light with an Aero forged upper reciever. What say the Horde?
Barrel bedding.
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Is there uneven wear on the rear of the bolt lugs where they engage the barrel extension teeth?
I think squaring the receiver face is more important for balancing the stress on the lugs.
It can't hurt to bed it, but I ran my old school 16" AA Grendel barrel for all these years without bedding.NRA Basic, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, RSO
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+1 LR..52 - One of the main reasons to square the face of the upper is to equalize the stresses on the bolt lugs - keeps 'em from breaking after the first missed shot at that BIG critter ( but before the second shot, and now the bolt won't close and the critter is just wounded )
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