Bedding a Finnlight 2

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I own a locker full of Sako 85s. It took me a while to get my head around the variations to the recoil lugs but I have become a believer. Now however I have a Finnlight 2 and it is not shooting so well. The recoil plate is not affixed to the stock as with other Sako 85s and there is a bit of wiggle room which I believe is causing the difficulties with accuracy.

Need someone with legit time on the new Finnlight 2.
1. Should this moveable recoil plate be bonded to the stock (i.e. JB Weld)?

2. Should the space under the recoil plate be properly bedded? If so, I have no experience with bedding a carbon fibre stock, does it require any particular compound to adhere to the carbon fibre?
 
Hi, I don't know haw much difference is between Finnlight 1 and 2 but I did beading, pillars and one piece costume made recoil lug on two Finnlights. Accuracy improved substantially both times. JB weld would be a good choice or good 2 part Epoxy resin with added filler. You just have to make sure that surface that you are going to apply adhesive is well degreased and scored with course sand paper. You should be able to find a lot of info about beading fiberglass stocks on Google. You can use the same for carbon fiber stock.
Vic
 
Thanks, but does not come close to answering the question

Huge difference between the original and the new version. The block is anchored firmly to the stock in the first gen whereas it is not attached in the Finnlight 2, it slides out without effort.

I have bedded plenty of plastic, fibreglass, and wood stocks, but the Finlight 2 has a carbon fibre bedding block and skeleton. Will a glass bedding adhere effectively to carbon fibre?
 
Yes, carbon fiber is a fiber saturated with epoxy just like fiberglass but different fibers. Just use good slow currying epoxy resin, not polyester resin. If you have experience with fiberglass, you will not have any problems with carbon fiber.
 
If the barrel is floating now... and this is a light hunting rifle, I would be surprised if anything you do to the recoil lug will increase accuracy that you can measure.

Mind you it may make you feel better and possibly those thoughts will make you shoot it better...
 
Vic1 said:
Yes, carbon fiber is a fiber saturated with epoxy just like fiberglass but different fibers. Just use good slow currying epoxy resin, not polyester resin. If you have experience with fiberglass, you will not have any problems with carbon fiber.
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Awesome, thank you.
 
guntech said:
If the barrel is floating now... and this is a light hunting rifle, I would be surprised if anything you do to the recoil lug will increase accuracy that you can measure.

Mind you it may make you feel better and possibly those thoughts will make you shoot it better...
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Yes, the barrel is floating, but the stock on the Finnlight 2 is a different rifle than the original Finnlight. Overall, it is no lightweight. The barrel is fluted but by no means a pencil barrel like on the the modern flyweight mountain rifles. The new stock is significantly more rigid than on the original model.
 
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