Bedding cost?

[red_bailey]

It's fairly simple to do yourself; if it's your first time, read articles here and on linked sites, watch some YouTube experiences, and take it slowly.

For the convenience of having an experienced gun-smith do it for you, $150 or less sounds right (throw in a trigger job or other stuff and the whole bill will probably be quite reasonable). If it's your smith's first time too, and he has to take a long time watching tutorial videos like you would, he'll charge the $250 your guy is asking. In other words, a professional's time is worth money, but a good smith should be able to knock it out quickly enough that it doesn't have to cost that much. Do you want to be this guy's first time, and pay more for the privilege?

 

[Magellann]

I'd definately try my own as well, unless it was a real high dollar gun.

 

[Gerald]

I bought a stock off the equipment exchange and when it arrived it had been bedded. What a mess. It looked as though it had been done with a pointing trowel. I sent it back.
The last one I had done I sent to the usual place and it was done professionally for $65 plus tax. Money well spent in my opinion. This was not pillar bedded.
Here is the thing, if you think you can do a good job then give it a go, if you choose to have a smith do it then go that route but $250 is a bit excessive.
Pm me for the name.

 

[silverfoxdj]

What is the criteria for deciding to "Bed" a rifle ? Cost of rifle , Calibre , what..

 

[Skullboy]

I have had M14s bedded with JB Weld, Devcon, and Marine Tex............They all worked well and did the job..............

 

[Dsiwy]

What is the criteria for deciding to "Bed" a rifle ? Cost of rifle , Calibre , what..

Rifle style is a big factor, a Remington is easyier then a M14 to bed.

 

[Dsiwy]

This is what the Savage 12 LRPV stock look like inside

The rifle

I would not call that good bedding and it is a generic one stock fits all set up.

Real bedding is only good for the gun that was fitted to it, like I said it should fit to .001" at all contact points around the reciever.

 

[Bakersfield7.62]

My local gunsmith charged me 100 for a skim bead basically on a sps-v stock it came back and I had to clean up some visible bedding with the dremal and free float it he kept trying to talk me into buying the 30$ kit and doing it myself I'm gonna try it some day with Jb weld or deavcon !

 

[Frank77]

Thanks to everyone, really appreciated I'll look with the gunsmiths in my area, or try to grow a bigger pair of "nutz" and do it myself

Frank

 

[CanuckR]

Do it yourself. Don't rush the prep work. If you don't have a dremel or something just go grab a princess auto one for a few bucks. itll work fine, and you will find all kinds of crap to do with it.

Besides, if it doesn't turn out the way you would have liked. Grind it out and try it again.

 

[DG Photography]

One thing you must remember is that JB Weld may exhibit very good
strength and virtually no shrinking on paper but in real life well that's
A different story. I have worked with Devcon for a long time as well as
JB Weld among others. That said it is only as good as the prep work which
by the way includes mixing it I have seen my fair share of horrible prep work
mainly improper mixing and ratios control. When you mix properly it will
Be free of air bubbles and very uniform this is achieved by mixing thin on a flat surface and mixing by
Precise weight.

Applying the release agent properly is also very important !
It must be uniform and polished thin do as to make sure you have a perfect stress free interface.
You must also make sure your action screws are floated as well as mentioned
Above. Again someone mentioned above they need to clean up high spots left in the bedding after a $65
bedding job so post clean up is also important! You guys see a theme here it is time consuming
To do a good job on bedding so $150 is not out of line.

 

[Trinimon]

I'm gonna give this rifle bedding thing a try maybe this wknd if my Remy 700 SPS Tac arrives in time. I'm used to mixing and working with epoxies and if I wreck the pliable Hogue stock, well I was gonna replace it eventually.

 

[EnderW]

The Savage gunsmith here in Ontario quoted me $120 if I drop it off.

 

[Shibby!]

The Savage gunsmith here in Ontario quoted me $120 if I drop it off.

That's pretty cheap provided he does a good job.

Devcon is 55$ alone. You'll have other misc. costs. Makes 120$ seem pretty cheap if you don't want to do it yourself.

I DID want to do it myself even though I had the offer for somebody else to do it, but I enjoy doing things myself and learning. The results were fantastic and super happy how it turned out.

I used the remaining Devcon to add lead shot to the stock of my gun.

 

[EnderW]

I don't know what he uses, all I know he is the savage warranty shop closest to me. I had my rifle in there a year ago for some warranty work he told me bedding job for my savage was $120.

 

[Trinimon]

Ok, just did my first bedding job yesterday. Wow, that's a fair bit of work for $120. If you don't have the patience or like getting your hands dirty, I'd say, send it out for the $120. Fortunately I like doing this kind of stuff and seeing the benefits of my work.

Prepping the stock and action, applying bedding material and cleaning off the excess squeeze out took close to 4yrs. Then after 8hrs for the JB Weld to set, another 1.5hrs cleaning up the bedding material, removing the putty from the voids etc. Maybe I should have used Playdoh instead of modeling clay. That modeling clay was a b*tch to clean out from the action esp all the pin holes. I'm sure those who do this for a living can do the process in much less time.

 

[Mystic Precision]

NO one is getting rich bedding rifles.

I used Devcon and it has a great track record for surviving alot of shooting even with heavy recoiling rifles.

Some bedding material will shrink, or are too hard and crack over time.

Given how generous factory and aftermarket stocks are, bedding is the least expensive way to improve your rifle. Watching fit in the forend is critical too.

This is what you are trying to achieve.

Jerry

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?743265-Why-Proper-Bedding-is-Important

Factory original.

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After proper bedding

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Leveled, supported, SOLID.


With the positive feedback from happy shooters I have worked with, bedding costs don't seem to matter much when those bullets snuggle up together.

YMMV

Jerry

 

[sunray]

"...cost about $15.....$250 is nuts..." You're not trying to make a living at it. Time consuming job.
Shop the thing before you do anything.

 

[Katana]

Time consuming is the word I'd give it for sure.
Here is a part 1 of a 8 part series of a gunsmith doing that very thing. He's a bit of a perfectionist so it can be a bit long winded but he is very informative.

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