That one deer rifle that made me see the light on bedding
For years, I brushed off glass bedding as a fussy step for competition guns only. Then a regular customer came in with his deer rifle, a nice .308 that suddenly couldn't hold a group. We swapped scopes, checked rings, even recrowned the barrel, but nothing fixed it. As a last resort, I bedded the action into the stock with epoxy. The next range trip, that rifle was punching one-inch groups like it was new. That was the moment I got it, stock contact matters way more than I gave it credit for. Now, on any sporter build or accuracy job, I factor in bedding from the start. It adds time to the build, but the confidence it gives shooters is worth it. Funny how one stubborn rifle can turn your whole approach around.