10/22T Bedding

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I plan on bedding my Ruger 10/22T real soon, been wanting to do it for a while now but was kinda scared of ruining it.

I made the pillar for it out of a brass fitting from Home Depot, just like some tutorials use on RFC.

I will be using Lepage Epoxy Steel for the bedding agent, I couldn't find anything else and that stuff looked pretty good. However it says it sets in 5 minutes so that might be a problem. Plan on using some Kiwi shoe polish for the release agent and hopefully that stuff works.

Is there anything I should really look out for? Plan on bedding the receiver and doing the pillar then using some business cards or something to find the bed spot for the barrel bed. Read that some people put it near the end of the stock for the target models.

I really hope I don't weld the stock to the barrelled action and really hope that this will make some ragged hole groups instead of the crap I am getting now. The stock currently contacts the barrels in several weird places.
 
id like to see the results when your done. i have the same gun. but i dont have accuracy issues. maybe a before and after targets would be cool to see.
 
I don't have issues per say but I want them better. I have some pre targets, nothing spectacular but a 5 shot 0.627 at 25 yards with dynapoints and 1.35 10 shot group at 100 yards with the same ammo.

Just started in the group shooting and also just got my bipod for it as well. I don't know if I will get a chance to shoot some more groups before I start the bedding process though. However just opening up that barrel channel I think will help a lot, the stock presses the barrel up and to the right which is probably the reason why I get the odd flyer.
 
try doing one thing at a time. free float the barrel first and check for accuracy. your 25yard target is not what i expected but the 100 yard target is pretty darn good. you may not need to bed the rifle or pillar bed it just free float. just a thought.
 
I am putting the pillar in where the take down screw goes first. Then once that is set and dried I am bedding the receiver. Once that is done I am free floating the barrel and then going to do some tests to find out where to but the bed for the barrel.

I don't know why it won't shoot good at 25 yards, might be that the range has a horrible bench and does not let me rest the rear on anything. The 100 yard range I can sit in an excellent position and shoot better. If they had a proper bench on the 25 yards I am sure my groups would shrink even more. It is currently too high and not long enough.
 
The five minute epoxy sets up very fast & is unforgiving, (you don't get a chance to make any adjustments).

Suggest you use J B Block Weld. It's a metal filled epoxy that takes a few hours to set up. Most auto jobbers stock it & I believe it is also available at Crappy Tire. I used automotive paste wax as a release agent & it worked fine.

I would also recommend bedding the first two inches of the barrel. The T model has the heavy bull bbl & on a completely floated barrel lack of support can cause the barrel to droop.
 
Rod B said:
The five minute epoxy sets up very fast & is unforgiving, (you don't get a chance to make any adjustments).

Suggest you use J B Block Weld. It's a metal filled epoxy that takes a few hours to set up. Most auto jobbers stock it & I believe it is also available at Crappy Tire. I used automotive paste wax as a release agent & it worked fine.

I would also recommend bedding the first two inches of the barrel. The T model has the heavy bull bbl & on a completely floated barrel lack of support can cause the barrel to droop.
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Hmm yeah was king worrying about the 5 minutes, however doing thing in small stages and having things prepped a head of time shouldn't make that 5 minutes that bad. I looked for JB Weld but crappy tire had nothing nor did Home Depot, maybe I will look elsewhere before I open the package of the current stuff I have. However being a bedding new that forgiveness might be a key in a good first bedding.

I will be bedding a bit of the barrel for sure, no way that little screw can hold down that barrel.
 
Hey Nonus. I just bedded my new standard wood stock 10/22 with epoxy a few weeks ago. It had about 1/16 inch of fore/aft play behind the receiver, I filled behind receiver, screw down area and forward of magazine, as well an inch or so at front of stock under barrel. It now shoots cheap federal american eagle ammo 1/2 inch groups at 30 yards, with the odd flyer. Good enough to worry the gophers, and pretty darn close to my wife's $600 Brno #2. I'd like to see what it would do with consistent ammo. BTW guys, can anyone recommend some decent match ammo for the 10/22?

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I have a hardly used tin of that kiwi shoe polish, just going to brush that on and wipe it off will give it two coats.

My receiver is pretty tight, however cannot hurt to do it anyways. My main concern is the barrel channel making weird points of contact. Probably worse now that I have a bipod sitting on the front so all the weight is resting right on the tip of the stock.
 
Went to crappy tire today, it is 10.12 (with GST/PST) for the JB weld, thought it was a lot cheaper than that but oh well. Now just gotta get the ball rolling and get some bedding done.
 
Free floated the barrel today, took me 1.5 hours of sanding with a 5/8inch socket. Had a funny taste in my mouth from that, probably not so good for you, wood dust. I think I might need more sanding, it looks fine in poor lighting but in better lighting you can see some rough spots. Opened up the channel enough that I could slide two business cards underneath.

I had to press on the back of the receiver to get the barrel to sit properly, can easily see why you cannot totally free float a bull barrel on the 10/22.

That just leaves the pillar for the receiver, doing that tomorrow hopefully. Then bed the receiver cause there is a little bit of side to side play in there. Then fart around with the barrel bed to find the best spot for it.
 
Finally got to drill the holes for the receiver pillar. Since it wasn't my machine nor am I an expert at it things went okay, not perfect but okay. Went home and finished up the hole and then cut the pillar to size. Slapped JB weld all over it and cleaned up the excess, there is a little gap at the top but nothing major and nothing visible.

That JB Weld stuff is kinda messy however I cleaned up as much as I can, you won't be able to see any of it though so it is no big deal. Just hope things set up and release properly with the shoe polish on the receiver.

Bedding the receiver later tonight or tomorrow.
 
Well I have no freaking idea if I will ever be able to get the receiver out of my stock. I started bedding the receiver and put the epoxy in and watched it ooze all over the place after I put the stock in. Made a bit of a mess but I got most of it cleaned out. After I started doing every I kinda had a thought that I don't recall how much release agent I put inside the receiver. I know I went over it but I did the majority of it on the outside and bottom of the receiver. I just hope that tomorrow when I wake up I still can take the receiver out and have it all come off.

I have come to the conclusion that adding a receiver pillar is somewhat a pain in the ass. Bedding the receiver is rather scary and I am afraid that I ruined my gun. I should of just free floated the barrel and added a pressure pad to it and called it a day.
 
It's never ruined:D the stock may be ruined but you can always get the action back. It's kind of like carvers always say, it's in there you just have to let it out. Worse come to worse you just have to carve the stock off of the action and replace the stock. Time consuming but not rocket science. Don't ask me how I know:redface:
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Well I went down to check the thing again, it cured enough so I said screw it and took the receiver out. It was probably a good thing I took it out now, cause it was kinda iffy. It came out but there was a lot of it stuck to the receiver, took some elbow grease and rubbing alcohol to get it all of.

I probably will have to touch it up but that is fine, probably will work fine the way it is only some shooting will tell if it is.

What I learned is that you can never have enough release agent, and make sure you coat everything in it. Also let the JB weld set up for a bit before you put it in, will make things less messy and easier to clean. The big one I learned is TAKE YOUR TIME :p
 
Well I don't think I relieved the area sits on enough or found the barrel centre point properly. With the bedding in when I tighten the screw down the barrel tip will start coming down. I took most of the receiver bedding off and now it just comes down a tiny bit.

I gotta sand off more of the are and then re-bed the receiver. Going to go to the range tonight and see how things are.

So far everything I did has been a failure :p At least I didn't weld the stock and receiver together.
 
Well I went to the range and since everything is in flux there right now (they just had a range inspection) I only got to shoot 25 yards or so on the pistol range. Used a piece of cardboard with some masking tape on it for the bedding.

Was shooting ragged holes with Dynapoint GTs. However there is a one inch drop with the pad at the back compared to the pad at the front. That is huge and only over 25 yards, may be due to my horrible receiver bedding but still a big drop. Will try next time at 100 yards and see.
 
Moove-it penetrating lube works dandy for a release agent. Just spray the whole receiver down inside and out and lightly wipe off the excess.
 
zimbu said:
Moove-it penetrating lube works dandy for a release agent. Just spray the whole receiver down inside and out and lightly wipe off the excess.
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I used the shoe polish, however I think I took too much off, I should of put some off, lightly buffed it off and then put another coat on and left it.

Live and learn.
 
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