Glass Bedding a Savage Edge/Axis

[Joe549]

I have a Savage Edge that I am considering glass bedding. I realize many people don't like the stock on this gun, but I do. It feels and fits nicely, so buying a new stock is not something I am going to consider at the moment.

I have zero experience in glass bedding so I have been reading quite a few articles on it and watching what few youtube videos I can find. It seems that Devcon bedding compound is the product to use. The forestock is quite flexible and currently it actually contacts the barrel, which it shouldn't, so I am thinking about applying bedding compound all the way to the very end of the stock to stiffen it up and free the barrel from contact. I would use tape around the barrel to create the proper spacing between stock and barrel. Anyone familiar with this stock will know that the forend is hollow cavities that would have to be filled. (I will post pics later as I'm typing this on my phone at work).

My second concern is the trigger area. A section of the base of the stock and the trigger guard are a molded piece of plastic that actually comes off the stock when you remove the bolts to seperate the action/barrel from the stock.. Not quite sure what to do with this..

Anyways, as I said, this would be my first attempt at bedding and any thoughts, suggestions ideas would be appreciated.

how/where the barrel is contacting the stock

 

[iceman2]

How does it shoot now? Are you trying to fix something that is not broken?

 

[Joe549]

I've put 4 boxes of factory ammo through it and am so far happy with the results at 100 yards. Mainly my concern is stiffening up the stock. If I can get better accuracy as a result of bedding, I'm not going to complain.

 

[dead meat]

Some guys are putting arrow shafts in the barrel channel to help make it stiffer, sort of like ###### for your stock, not your co**. I think they were carbon arrows. Also that much bedding is going to add some weight.

 

[powderpusher]

Do it i have thought about it myself, you might be able to use something lighter like foam for a filler then bed on that seen it on agi video. If you do it be sure to post up some results.

 

[elkhuntr]

Ha ha, ###### for your stock......got to keep that one in mine. You can read my fusion bedding technique under this forum, search Bedding Tips? Have not played with the Edge stock, but looks a bit better than the stevens stock for sturdyness. Try 60 grit with a C battery or dowel to take care of the forend touch after bedding using the stress free bedding technique found on 6BR. Cheers. Elky.

 

[thebigslide]

You want to make sure the forend is not in contact with the barrel before you bed the action. If you use bedding material to cant the action up you are going to be applying pressure to the stock through the bedding material in places pressure wasn't intended to be applied - as a result, the bedding may separate from the stock over time.

If I were you, I would use a dremel or similar tool to clearance the stock along the barrel channel and use filler before bedding the action. You can either use a LOT of devcon which might get cost prohibitive, or use a fiberglass repair type resin filled with chopped fiberglass as filler. The filler shouldn't contact the action - if it does after curing, you would file it down.

Then bed over that.

Pretty much any bedding material will shrink as it cures so if you use a lot as filler, it won't bed well and may actually apply pressure to the stock.

 

[Ron AKA]

Ouch, there is not much there to bed. I think I would only do those two small patches around the action screws. This is a good article on bedding. It looks like you already have steel pillars in the stock which is good. You want to make sure those pillars still contact the action after bedding. I would not bed forward of the recoil lug.