Well, I messed up this time. Screwed my bedding job

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This is not the first stock I've bedded but it is the first I messed up. I didn't want to do it for quite a time cause I knew my acraglass kit was almost dry and I don't have a big enough cartlist to order from Brownells anytime soon. And even if I did, I wouldn't have the cash...

Anyway, during the Superbowl halftime, I decided to do it. My only interest in The Who band was John Entwistle, he wasn't there for obvious reasons, and the Colts were losing, so the game took a supporting role. Thought to myself, meh I always have some of that acraglass left when I bed, even if I do half a spoon full, I just won't have any extra this time and went at it....

this is how it turned up


obviously I didn't have enough. Is this an imperative redo before shoot or this will suffise for now and re-bed ASAP?
 
Is your heart stiuck on the neutral colour? You did not have enough material and hence got the result shown. Roughen up with 80 grit sandpaper, clean with acetone and apply a thin layer to fill the voids and you will get a fully beeded job. Don't forget the release agent on the metal parts. Let us know how you made out. Ron
 
rgg_7 said:
Is your heart stiuck on the neutral colour? You did not have enough material and hence got the result shown. Roughen up with 80 grit sandpaper, clean with acetone and apply a thin layer to fill the voids and you will get a fully beeded job. Don't forget the release agent on the metal parts. Let us know how you made out. Ron
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well, I wasnt gonna put in the dyes was I? The stock is desert camo, the bedding material is already beige, I see no point to adding either black or brown. And I get the awkward feeling you didnt fully read my post...
 
Can he also take a small drill bit and drill some small holes in the bedding to get even a better bond??? I would try what you have,, first though
 
noneck180 said:
Can he also take a small drill bit and drill some small holes in the bedding to get even a better bond??? I would try what you have,, first though
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yeah that's what I usually do, drill dozens of holes directly into the stock and apply bedding, gives the material a good anchor. But this stock already had a rough surface to begin with
 
Honestly, if you did not have any stress on the action (excessive clamping, etc) all the glass is doing is being a spacer between the stock and the metal. It looks like the lug was well bedded. You can shoot this until the day comes where you want to basically skim bed making it look better.
 
guntech said:
Honestly, if you did not have any stress on the action (excessive clamping, etc) all the glass is doing is being a spacer between the stock and the metal. It looks like the lug was well bedded. You can shoot this until the day comes where you want to basically skim bed making it look better.
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How come your professional bedding jobs don't look this custom?
Quite frankly sir they all look the same?

:ban:
 
If you still have any bedding compound left, take the dremel, grind it all out, make sure you have lots of play where the recoil lug is and bed everything right back to the rear screw but go forward of the recoil lug another 1" just so that when you straighten out the excess your chamber is properly supported. If you don't do it, your mindset will always be, "well I guess I could have done a better job on the bedding and maybe that's way it doesn't shoot as good as it could." Trust me, I've ground out more bedding then that do redo a job I wasn't happy with so that the end result was perfect in my eyes.
 
guntech said:
Honestly, if you did not have any stress on the action (excessive clamping, etc) all the glass is doing is being a spacer between the stock and the metal. It looks like the lug was well bedded. You can shoot this until the day comes where you want to basically skim bed making it look better.
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Damn straight, I was just going to say basically the exact same thing.

+1 for guntech.

-M
 
mikeelliot said:
Look on the bright side, you didnt glue your action to your stock....

thats what I was expecting :D
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yea, me too. I totally clicked thinking I was going to see another action glued to a stock.

Personally, I would buff up, drill a few small holes and skim bed it whenever it was convenient.
 
I'd be very surprised if those small voids will be any functional detriment. Just think of it as a light weight bedding job. :)
 
whenever I bed a gun Im always scared I will #### it up. Some of them haven't *looked* nice, but they seemed to of worked! like yours.........good shooting!
 
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