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So I bought a bedding kit, and just wrecked my rifle permanently. I followed all the directions to a tee... Watched countless do it yourself vids.... And the end result was f**ked... I used the release agent given to me on every single part of the action, and the bolts would not break free, I eventually got one free but the other would not break. At this point I decided to drill out the bolt and was guna re tap and drill... after all this BS the gun would still not break free from the stock, what a waste of money.... It so disheartening to do every step as told and still ruin my rifle... I'm at a loss for words its like a death in the family... Any suggestions to help me salvage the action would be greatly appreciated, either way I think I'm guna have to jus chuck it and start fresh....
 
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I feel for yea....
sometimes when i get a stuborn one ,,, i hang on to the stock and give it a good rap on the end of the barele on a a carpeted concrete floor sometimes 2 or 3 but she will break loose if u got ajent on it ...
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ok, what are we dealing with here? Rem 700, Savage? Lets start from there and what stock is stuck on there now, what make? post this in gunsmithing section first if you haven't already done so. I'm sure you'll get alot of sympathetic comments on this forum. Also which bedding kit did you use ?
Pictures do help, That way we can see what we are working with. Need details for the time being.

Robert:)
 
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gandalfe said:
I would gladly give my best Mauser K98, to get my beloved pet back.Guns can be replaced and repaired, pets never come back.
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Bad choice of words. Should of said as bad, not worse. My wife has a dog I can't stand so I'm not the biggest pet lover right now. I forget some out there have animals they love dearly. My apologys!
 
I've been in the same situation - so pissed off and determined to fix something now that I end up doing more harm than good. From a guy who has learned the hard way... just put the gun out of sight for a day or two, regroup, and come back at it with a cooler head. And/or get a pal or gunsmith to give you a hand. Try the freezer trick, which just might work. I have bedded several rifles and everytime I do one I hold my breath. I've had to wrestle with a couple, but it all ended well so it might not be as bad as you think.
 
it WAS a rem 700 s/a on a B&C stock.... I stuck it in the frezzer for a day thats how i got the first bolt out, the second one didnt come... I got the stock off I beat it into submission.... as for the action it looks ok, but there is some hardened epoxy on the inside so my bolt wont close, the long and short is the release agent didnt work... any ideas on how to clean up my action?
 
If you have epoxy on the inside of you action it sounds like some made it up into parts it shouldn't have and made a mechanical lock. Thats just a guess though without actually seeing it, it's hard to say.
 
gandalfe said:
I would gladly give my best Mauser K98, to get my beloved pet back.Guns can be replaced and repaired, pets never come back.
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What you said, as much as I like my rifles, they are only material things. I would give all of them away if I could get my dog back.
 
sounds like you did what i did on my 10/22. you tightened your bolt up with epoxy on it and now it's a permenant seal. i was lucky and had a real bad feeling and removed the bolt before she hardened.

this is why you never use bolts to tighten the action down.

if you have all the mechanics in with the action(trigger group) your gun is not wrecked it's just a permanant bedding job. it sucks but at least it's usable.

pics would be nice to see as well.
 
Do not feel to bad I glued my Target 22 together, about 8 years ago, had the itch to bed it..and see if I could !

Well I sure did that, such a good bedding job it will never come apart.

I feel for you it was not a good feeling.
 
The price of learning... and it isn't all spent yet. Wait until you do more ... it's a learning curve for quite a while...

First rule - Never use the stock bolts to pull the action into the stock...
I have a long headless screw for the front, it protrudes out though the bottom metal and locates the action within the stock. It is tapered. After the epoxy has hardened I just un screw it.

I always have a layer of masking tape on the front, sides and bottom of the recoil lug...

All holes will be plugged with plasticine.

Dams have to be made to keep epoxy where you want it and away from where you don't want it.

A heavy layer of paste wax on all the metal that may come in contact with the epoxy and let it sit for 10 minutes.

Support the barrel with tape so it is held in the middle of the barrel channel...

Us the rear screw only just enough to hold the action square in the stock, do not tighten it.

It should come apart easily.
 
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Yup...do what Dennis says.

My first bedding job was my XR-100 target rifle...I ended up running quite a few wet q-tips into the front action screw hole to get the squished epoxy out of the lug area, at least I got it while it was still wet and came out easily.

I now have 2 long bolts that I thread into the action before it goes into the stock...no more epoxy into the lug area.
 
I've been to the school of hard knocks enough to know my personal gunsmithing abilities.:redface:

That's why I no longer touch my own rifles and happily pay Dennis to do the work.
 
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