Q: What does it mean when a rifle is "glass bedded?"
A: Glass bedding is the application of a mixture of fiberglass and resin between the action and/or barrel and stock, for purpose of improving accuracy. Rifle actions can also be bedded to aluminum inserts in the stock.
This affordable option is for hunters who understand the effectiveness of an old-school, cup-and-core lead bullet.
The author hunts the Space Coast with a pair of airguns from Gamo.
A new Savage rifle does the trick on an Idaho elk hunt.
The deal makes Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. the largest firearms manufacturer in the U.S.
The .404 Jeffery dates back to 1905 or 1906, and was supposedly created by W.J. Jeffery & Co. to replicate the performance of the .450/400 3” Nitro Express, but in a bolt-action magazine rifle. But the offspring of that cartridge—as well as those cartridges which were “highly inspired” by the .404 Jeffery—have gotten much more of the spotlight than the .404 ever did.
A Kentucky squirrel camp reminds the author how a hunting career and love of the woods can be launched by a single trigger press on a rimfire rifle.
