Bedding cost?

Frank77

Frank77

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Hey guys, lets say I don't want to do the bedding myself on my Savage 12 LRPV(single shot), how much do I have to expect to pay? I asked to a gunsmith today and he told me 250$ Is he right on the price or is he asking too much? I was looking at our sponsors websites, but if I go with that option, would be kinda expensive on shipping charges, that baby is heavy.

Thanks!!

Frank
 
I've done a Savage 12FV before, I used JB weld for the compound and paste wax for the release. That cost about $15.....$250 is nuts. Had enough left over to do at least 12 more guns too.
It's not really a difficult process on bolt guns. I think its something every gun owner should learn how to do. Check YouTube for vids on how to do it.
 
Much depends on how confident you are doing the job and what value you attach to your time. If it is your first time then I'd practice on a lesser firearm before playing with your prized target gun. As for the $250 quote, that isn't out of line given the time involved to do it right.
 
I would say depends on the particular job and what's involved to bed
That particular rifle so $150-$250 is not out of line. Devconncan be
$80 for 1 pound if you do not have an account with Ackland Grainger
I get my Devcon for $43-$49 from other suppliers. It's a dust dirty job
real PITA.
 
wow ok guys, Bedding is as important as quality ammo and barrel.

I do proper bedding at work and JB weld is not bedding lol

-first you must prep the gun with puddy, masking tape and release agent
-next drill the stock out for pillars
-next bed the pillars and wait til there set
-dremal the stock out for bedding "if bedding is applied to thin it will crack
-using Devcon or marine tex bed the rifle, insure action screws are free floating in the pillars "so your recoil lug takes all the force during recoil."
-remove from stock and insuring there is no air bubbles in bedding "if the bedding failed start over, unless your a bubba hack."
-Clean rifle and file and sand bedding over flow off stock
-reassemble rifle

Doing a proper bedding job is alot of work and it takes alot of skill. Bedding is like tattoo's, a $40 tattoo looks like a $40 tattoo!
 
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Hitzy said:
The cheaper savages come pillar bedded already. This one comes in an HS stock with full aluminum bedding block. It would just be a skim bed job.
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False, thats what they call pillar bedding. Its really only two pillars in a crappy plastic unbedded stock. As for the HS, its a good stock but its bedding sucks, a proper bedding job should be so tight you almost dont need action screws to hold it in the stock. I have milled out HS stocks and bedded them with marine tex with fantasic results :)
 
Sounds like we have some experts here...why is JB weld laughable when used for bedding? Is it because it's not a hard to find specialty product? I've used it as well as some of the special products maketed as bedding...I can't tell the difference.
 
cdn shooter said:
Sounds like we have some experts here...why is JB weld laughable when used for bedding? Is it because it's not a hard to find specialty product? I've used it as well as some of the special products maketed as bedding...I can't tell the difference.
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Its not as durable as proper bedding agents IMO, Marine tex is easy to find and combat proven by the CF
 
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GUNMANSHIP said:
Marine Tex CF proven? Not just for repairs of electrical/comp modules or plastic? Got any pics?
Too bad a guy can't just do some MIG bedding, eh.
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ahhhh pics not going to happen at work ;)

But ask any other CF wpns tech on CGNs, we only use Marine Tex or Devcon on our C3's, TAC50's and .338's.

As for MIG bedding lol it would work in theory "Disclaimer please dont do this, we dont need another I put my gun in the dishwasher type thread lol :p"
 
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I use long fibber fiberglass bondo, bit of prep work to the stock, apply, seat the receiver and lightly tighten. trim the excess. after it drys pull out the receiver, trim as needed, then a light sand and put the reciever on tight.... I have had good results on the mini14 with this method.
 
I did my own with Devcon and it came out great. I am not a gun smith, but have done my fair share of projects/building. It is NOT hard to do, you just need to be detailed oriented and TAKE YOUR TIME. I did lots of research on YouTube first, asked lots of questions to people who know about these things and thought it through several times before I went ahead with the project. All in, it took me several hours to do, but I am sure with a little more experience it will only take a few hours from start to finish.

I would not pay $250 for a simple bedding job, maybe if it included pillars....maybe.
 
This is what the Savage 12 LRPV stock look like inside

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The rifle

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cdn shooter said:
Sounds like we have some experts here...why is JB weld laughable when used for bedding? Is it because it's not a hard to find specialty product? I've used it as well as some of the special products maketed as bedding...I can't tell the difference.
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It's because some smiths want to charge $250 for bedding and don't want you to know how cheap and easy it really is to do :)
JB Weld is actually stronger then Devcon Steel Putty, and has 0% shrinkage.
Decon Steel Putty: Flex Strength- 5600 PSI ; Tensile Strength- 2800 PSI

JB Weld: Flex Strength - 7320 PSI ; Tensile Strength - 3960 PSI
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It's been used successfully for 40+ years for bedding rifles, by gunsmiths and DIY's. The barrels on most modern rifles are already free floated, the area you actually have to work on and prep is about 6 sqaure inches in total for front and back of the receiver.
OP, do yourself a favor and learn how to bed a rifle. $150 is too much for the little amount of time and materials required. $250 is crazy.
 
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