Bedding a B&C Medalist stock

[nevanevan]

I attempted my first scary gunsmithing task this weekend. I completed a successful bedding job with a B&C Medalist stock and a savage 10 223 action. To anybody that thinks that a medalist stock fits great from the factory you should try one after its bedded. At first when I got the rifle (off the EE) I figured it would be fairly tight to the action. I removed the two action bolts and to my suprise it moved about 1/2" forward and back Now that it is bedded there is zero play with the action screws removed. The hardest part was finding the Devcon bedding compound. I was able to source it out at Greggs Distributers for $44 for the 1lb kit of Devcon 10110 plastic steel which is apparently the go-to bedding compound to use. I will be doing another gun for my friend which happens to be an HS precision stock from a Sendaro 700, I'll post pictures of that one in the process. The few pictures I took below were taken after the devcon was applied and I was waiting frantically to find out if I just superglued my gun together. The easiest video that I watched and followed was the "road to precision series" which I'm sure has been mentioned before or can be seen here;

Anybody unsure should definatly give it a try. I can't wait to see what it does at the range!!

Evan

 

[308BAR]

I attempted my first scary gunsmithing task this weekend. I completed a successful bedding job with a B&C Medalist stock and a savage 10 223 action. To anybody that thinks that a medalist stock fits great from the factory you should try one after its bedded. At first when I got the rifle (off the EE) I figured it would be fairly tight to the action. I removed the two action bolts and to my suprise it moved about 1/2" forward and back Now that it is bedded there is zero play with the action screws removed. The hardest part was finding the Devcon bedding compound. I was able to source it out at Greggs Distributers for $44 for the 1lb kit of Devcon 10110 plastic steel which is apparently the go-to bedding compound to use. I will be doing another gun for my friend which happens to be an HS precision stock from a Sendaro 700, I'll post pictures of that one in the process. The few pictures I took below were taken after the devcon was applied and I was waiting frantically to find out if I just superglued my gun together. The easiest video that I watched and followed was the "road to precision series" which I'm sure has been mentioned before or can be seen here;

Anybody unsure should definatly give it a try. I can't wait to see what it does at the range!!

Evan

Good stuff. I just finished a bedding job as well and it is my best one so far. Just a note sometime if the action screw contacts the bedding it could cause uneven pressure on the action. If your recoil lug and action is bedded correctly that should be good. I remove all bedding materials from inside my pillars so the screws are not making any contact with the bedding material. YMMV.

It's always fun to work and see results of your work.

 

[ShootingNewbie]

The few pictures I took below were taken after the devcon was applied and I was waiting frantically to find out if I just superglued my gun together.

I hear ya - the waiting to pull the action back out of the stock again after bedding was probably the most stressful couple of days I've had in a while - the not knowing if I had permanently messed up a gun that I was quite attached to was a unique form of torture... Can't wait to do it again on my next build, tho!

You got a great price on the Devcon, by the way - I think I paid $75 or so, including HST, here in Victoria, B.C.