Winchester70 wood stock blind magazine to hinged floorplate coversion
- Thread starter mbogo3
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So it can be done then? This will be sent to a smith then bedded and barrel floated.I have it in a Winchester synthetic stock for now but the accuracy suffered as it's not bedded. Apparently bedding compound doesn't adhere well to this material.
It can be done. A gunsmith who has done it before will do a good job. Rempel has done my 222 Rem Sako which was originally a single shot stock. And a brown ADL type model 70 opened up for Winchester bottom metal.
Good time to get it bedded too. The right bits and tools go along ways.
Good time to get it bedded too. The right bits and tools go along ways.
Yes it can be done. A fair bit of work. Boyd's, or Stockeys or Richard's Microfit would be an easier route. Which model 70 is this going to be for? - dan
If it is a factory Winchester stock the outside profile will be the same and it will work.
The easy way to do this is to bed the receiver first using long headless guide screws. Then flip it over and use the guide screws to fit the bottom metal as you inlet, otherwise things can get catawampus.
Winchester synthetic stocks can be bedded if you take the time to dremel off the smooth surfaces and place a few grooves in as mechanical locks.
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- Western Manitoba
As you wrote - has been my experience that many epoxies will not "stick" or "adhere" to many synthetics - at least for very long - so need to make mechanical locks - like undercuts, grooves or holes - so the set-up epoxy does not fall out, and stays in there. I simply do not know if epoxy "sticks" to wood forever - or only for some time - so has been my "belt and suspenders" practice to drill small holes and make grooves when epoxy bedding - or at least to "roughen it up" with coarse sandpaper - to get rid of any finish and maybe give a better "grip" - even on wood stocks.
