What does a guy do if he has a beautiful wood stock with a very poor glass bedding job? First what is the best way to prep stock to rebed, and second how does a guy get a nice even bedding line under the barrel where your bedding will end? This stock is currently bedded all the way to where the barrel starts to taper. The bedding line is not straight like some rifles I have seen bedded. Does a guy put some sort of removable false partition where you want your bedding to end so the line is nice and straight? Not sure what you use or do to achieve this. Thanks in advance!
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How to prep/redo a bedding job?
- Thread starter Wookie316
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Use a dremel tool with one of their carbide tips and clean up the old bedding job. If it has been done with Devcon or Jb weld use a carbide cutter, and you may need more than one to get the job done. Use a good bedding compund ( acura-glass in the paste form is superior). Place a release agent on all the metal parts. Birchwood casey gun stock wax is excellent. It is in an almost liguid form and apply it with q-tip. Put the bedding into the stock working it in a circular motion similar to welding, this will prevent air pockets in the bedding. Use bedding screws and put the gun together without screwing in. Wipe excess bedding off around the gun, and take out the bedding scews and replace with the original screws. Remember to put release agent on the screws, wipe out excess, turn gun trigger guard up, and hang 10 lbs of weight off the end of the barrel till the bedding is done (24 hrs) should free float nicely. With the dremel tool clean up any bedding that is not quite right. If the bedding is tight and you are having trouble to get it to release, put it in the freezer for a while and take it slow. I have done many hope this helps you out.
"...currently bedded all the way to where the barrel starts to taper..." Out under the chamber area of the barrel is where the bedding should go. There's no need for a straight, abrupt end to it.
How well does the rifle shoot now?
How well does the rifle shoot now?
The best way to remove old bedding usually is to heat it with a lighter then it basically fall off the rifle, then just scrape it. I did it to my old Boyds Laminate and it worked way better than Dremel and a lot faster.
To make a nice line/ending, and for all bedding job anyway, I use plasticine (modelling Clay) and build up dams to stop the bedding to leak/migrate wher it is not supposed to.
Cheers
Gaetoune
To make a nice line/ending, and for all bedding job anyway, I use plasticine (modelling Clay) and build up dams to stop the bedding to leak/migrate wher it is not supposed to.
Cheers
Gaetoune
