Bedding a rifle with spray foam ?

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My savage axis has a flimsy plastic stock as they are known for, i was thinking of getting a boyds but a simple one has a $330 price tag on it for me shipped.

My question is can you bed with spray foam ? spray it in use a dremmel tool cut it out and voila ?

If not what have you bedded a rifle with or any suggestions ? thanks
 
Sprayfoam is not a good idea for that, however if you have a can of foam you could fill the buttstock with foam to get rid of the hollow sound.
 
The foam isn't anywhere near strong enough to bed the action in the stock. Not by a country mile. Anything you can crush between your fingers after it cures is not going to work.
 
Google Rockite. Its an anchoring cement. I filled up to just above the fins on the inside of the stock in the one I had, and it was night and day. Stock was solid after that. A box of the stuff cost me $6 locally and is enough to do probably two or three stocks
 
I only use Brownells Acra Glas but I know quite a few guys use Devcon. Not sure where to get it or what release agent they use though. The Brownels kit comes with everything including instructions on how to use it for bedding. Not sure who sells it in Canada though. I drive over the border and get it.
 
Google Rockite. Its an anchoring cement. I filled up to just above the fins on the inside of the stock in the one I had, and it was night and day. Stock was solid after that. A box of the stuff cost me $6 locally and is enough to do probably two or three stocks

I did the same on my Axis. Worked very well to stiffen the stock.
 
Thanks OP your post gave me a chuckle. If you really don't want to purchase any specialty product then JB weld will perform 99% as well as any dedicated bedding compound. Don't get the 5 minute stuff although even that would perform fine.
 
Hunt around and find a supplier that does stuff for Fiberglass. Check the phone book or search online in your area.

Phone them and ask to buy a container of Micro-balloons. Take an ice cream bucket or similar size container to their shop and have them fill it. It will feel like it's empty.

For perspective, a pound (half-kilo) of Micro-balloons, is a bag about twice the size of a modern plastic grocery bag. Or a bit larger.

These are also available at many Model Airplane Hobby Shops, used for the same purpose you will use these for. Making a lightweight, strong filler material to fill gaps and form surfaces. But the Glass shop will sell you a pound bag for about the same price that the hobby shop will sell you a small plastic tub full for. Think small size chip dip tub.

Anyways, what they are is glass bubbles, very thin walled and light weight. You mix them with epoxy or fiberglass resin, as the case may be, and keep mixing until you cannot get more to integrate in, and then mix until those do mix in. It will make a dry-ish white paste that weighs almost nothing, but is as rigid as if you filled the area with the epoxy or resin. Try to get it as thick a mix as possible (lighter).

Way cheaper than arrow shafts unless you have a free source for those, and lighter too.

Now, the warnings. It's Glass. Try not to breathe in more of it than you have to, wear a dust mask. Same if you end up sanding the resultant mass. Not like epoxy dust or fiberglass resin is good for you either.

Spray foam. Get the Low Expansion stuff. Have had friends fill up plugs that they were using for mold masters, be woke up in the night by the sound og the plug exploding from the built up pressure. Said it sounded a lot like a gunshot. Made a mess on their bench too.
 
I use smooth-on EA-40 epoxy if it's something that doesn't need an epoxy with filler(glass). It works good to laminate a bow together(seriously tough), is much more cost effective than JB weld, and is properly formulated to not retain moisture.
 
I Found a Miles Gilbert Bedrock Epoxy Bedding Kit at cabelas for $45 it has everything needed... i wouldnt mind spending that much since comes with everything i think route i maygo
 
I Found a Miles Gilbert Bedrock Epoxy Bedding Kit at cabelas for $45 it has everything needed... i wouldnt mind spending that much since comes with everything i think route i maygo

I've used that kit. It is a good kit. Watch some YouTube vids on it before doing it. It will be beneficial to do so. I used the arrow shaft segments to save epoxy and aid in stiffening but that's a matter of personal choice. I plugged the ends of the arrows to keep them hollow. If you shop around you can find them cheap.
 
Hunt around and find a supplier that does stuff for Fiberglass. Check the phone book or search online in your area.

Phone them and ask to buy a container of Micro-balloons. Take an ice cream bucket or similar size container to their shop and have them fill it. It will feel like it's empty.

For perspective, a pound (half-kilo) of Micro-balloons, is a bag about twice the size of a modern plastic grocery bag. Or a bit larger.

These are also available at many Model Airplane Hobby Shops, used for the same purpose you will use these for. Making a lightweight, strong filler material to fill gaps and form surfaces. But the Glass shop will sell you a pound bag for about the same price that the hobby shop will sell you a small plastic tub full for. Think small size chip dip tub.

Anyways, what they are is glass bubbles, very thin walled and light weight. You mix them with epoxy or fiberglass resin, as the case may be, and keep mixing until you cannot get more to integrate in, and then mix until those do mix in. It will make a dry-ish white paste that weighs almost nothing, but is as rigid as if you filled the area with the epoxy or resin. Try to get it as thick a mix as possible (lighter).

Way cheaper than arrow shafts unless you have a free source for those, and lighter too.

Now, the warnings. It's Glass. Try not to breathe in more of it than you have to, wear a dust mask. Same if you end up sanding the resultant mass. Not like epoxy dust or fiberglass resin is good for you either.

Spray foam. Get the Low Expansion stuff. Have had friends fill up plugs that they were using for mold masters, be woke up in the night by the sound og the plug exploding from the built up pressure. Said it sounded a lot like a gunshot. Made a mess on their bench too.

Lee Valley sells several filers for epoxies, silica based for strength, microballoons and fibre based (look under the west system stuff) - I am a big fan of the fibres as they are non toxic (still use a mask) and give you a lot of elasticity (relatively speaking) - any of these will stay in the air for a very long time if you spill or sneeze... so.... yea- don't do that. also epoxy generates heat as it cures big void filling globs can melt a poly stock... fill the major voids with blocks of wood first, save some $$ on epoxies....

I've used all three fillers with both west system and G2 epoxies as well as even CT 5 minute stuff, but man you have to work fast!
 
the re is nothing you can do to get a molded plastic stock stronger. this stock is deseign to be light weight, weather resistant, virtually unbreakable and low cost. they doo all that very well.

any stuff you will add to forearm or butt will only add weight. the plastic on each side of the action and grip is what is flexing under recoil. as stated, fill butt with foam will reduce the noise. the only reason to spend epoxy on bedding this kind of stock is to get a training shot before do it for real
 
the re is nothing you can do to get a molded plastic stock stronger. this stock is deseign to be light weight, weather resistant, virtually unbreakable and low cost. they doo all that very well.

any stuff you will add to forearm or butt will only add weight. the plastic on each side of the action and grip is what is flexing under recoil. as stated, fill butt with foam will reduce the noise. the only reason to spend epoxy on bedding this kind of stock is to get a training shot before do it for real
Well the ones I've done have certainly benefited. All require physical pressure to make the barrel touch the stock.Yes, you can move them if you want to but they are definitely improved . I can put bipods on if I so desire. Where as, the front of stock would touch barrel with the bipod on before the bedding was done.Is it perfect? No but, perfect costs a lot more.
 
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