Action bedding

[Seryoga]

Has anyone used JB Weld for bedding their action into the stock?

I'm about to do it to my Rem700. If anyone has any tips on bedding please post them, i'll be starting in about 20-30min so help if you see this on time. lol

Pics coming soon.

[Robar]

Has anyone used JB Weld for bedding their action into the stock?

I'm about to do it to my Rem700. If anyone has any tips on bedding please post them, i'll be starting in about 20-30min so help if you see this on time. lol

Pics coming soon.
How about finding a gun smith that will glass or aluminum bed the stock. I'm not sure how well JB Weld will hold up, but then again I have never tried it.

[silver rubicon]

is there a reason you are using jb weld rather than a dedicated glass bedding product?

[Robar]

I found this. I guess it works. http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh/bed.html

[Seryoga]

How about finding a gun smith that will glass or aluminum bed the stock. I'm not sure how well JB Weld will hold up, but then again I have never tried it.

The reason i doing it myself is cause i like to do fun stuff. :D

is there a reason you are using jb weld rather than a dedicated glass bedding product?

Don't like the glass bedding, way too messy, and takes forever to dry.

[Seryoga]

I found this. I guess it works. http://www.charm.net/~kmarsh/bed.html

Nice, thank you Robar.

[AK4Dave]

The reason i doing it myself is cause i like to do fun stuff. :D



Don't like the glass bedding, way too messy, and takes forever to dry.

I glass bedded my 700 myself some time ago. Didn't run into any problems from what I remember....
Never heard of the JB weld trick before.

[silver rubicon]

so, did you do it? how did it come out? any pics?

[Seryoga]

I glass bedded my 700 myself some time ago. Didn't run into any problems from what I remember....
Never heard of the JB weld trick before.

JB Weld works very well actually. All it is, is epoxy with add-ons.

My neighbor is a "home made/self taught" gunsmith, he used JB Weld on most of his/his friends rifles. So far no complaints, it stays in and doesn't crack.

so, did you do it? how did it come out? any pics?

Well, the bedding is done. I just have to sand off the excess, sand the stock completely and paint it.

I decided to sand off the varnish on the stock before bedding, tried bedding it, and messed it up. So i had to grind/sand that crap out, and by doing that, i had to remove some more wood from the stock. So last night around ten my neighbor and i "pre" bedded the stock to compensate for the wood i sanded off (about 1/8"), and when it dried up a bit, he added some more JB Weld and finished bedding it.

My gun is at his house now, and he works till 10pm, so i cant take any pics now. When he gets home we'll resume the "My tack driver" project, sand and paint it with Herculiner. After which we might do digital camo finish. :ya:

[silver rubicon]

digital camo! i want to see the finished product :yup:

are you doing the camo by hand or did you get one of those ready-made templates for the camo?

[Seryoga]

digital camo! i want to see the finished product :yup:

are you doing the camo by hand or did you get one of those ready-made templates for the camo?

I think my friend has a few leftover templates from those gun finishing kits, but if he doesn't we'll just come up with something :yup:

[AK4Dave]

JB Weld works very well actually. All it is, is epoxy with add-ons.

My neighbor is a "home made/self taught" gunsmith, he used JB Weld on most of his/his friends rifles. So far no complaints, it stays in and doesn't crack.



Well, the bedding is done. I just have to sand off the excess, sand the stock completely and paint it.

I decided to sand off the varnish on the stock before bedding, tried bedding it, and messed it up. So i had to grind/sand that crap out, and by doing that, i had to remove some more wood from the stock. So last night around ten my neighbor and i "pre" bedded the stock to compensate for the wood i sanded off (about 1/8"), and when it dried up a bit, he added some more JB Weld and finished bedding it.

My gun is at his house now, and he works till 10pm, so i cant take any pics now. When he gets home we'll resume the "My tack driver" project, sand and paint it with Herculiner. After which we might do digital camo finish. :ya:

This got me thinking.....(look out:eek2:) I was wondering, as far as fine tuning the bedding, I was told to sand down the bedding until you could just slide a dollar bill under the barrel all the way down to the action. This I guess was a good "old school" rule of thumb from way back. Is there a different more high tech way of doing it now?
Just curious....

[Robar]

This got me thinking.....(look out:eek2:) I was wondering, as far as fine tuning the bedding, I was told to sand down the bedding until you could just slide a dollar bill under the barrel all the way down to the action. This I guess was a good "old school" rule of thumb from way back. Is there a different more high tech way of doing it now?
Just curious....
You could use a $5 dollar bill. I think that is a minimum. I used a piece of paper to clean between the barrel and foregrip of my last rifle. It just has to clear/not touch the foregrip. The Sig Blaser has way more room than just the width of a dollar bill.
Sig Blaser:
http://www.proguns.com/images/sig-R93-LRS2.jpg

[AK4Dave]

You could use a $5 dollar bill. I think that is a minimum. I used a piece of paper to clean between the barrel and foregrip of my last rifle. It just has to clear/not touch the foregrip. The Sig Blaser has way more room than just the width of a dollar bill.
Sig Blaser:
http://www.proguns.com/images/sig-R93-LRS2.jpg

you crack me up....:rotflmao2:

[Seryoga]

This got me thinking.....(look out:eek2:) I was wondering, as far as fine tuning the bedding, I was told to sand down the bedding until you could just slide a dollar bill under the barrel all the way down to the action. This I guess was a good "old school" rule of thumb from way back. Is there a different more high tech way of doing it now?
Just curious....

You got it mixed up.

Bedding is only done under the action/receiver. Basically it should be done from the back screw to the part where barrel goes into the receiver. From there its recommended to extend the bedding about 2 1/2-3 inches towards the front of the stock.

The dollar bill trick you're talking about is to check your barrel "float". When barrel is toughing the stock it messes up your accuracy. So people sand/grind the part of the stock from the round chamber part of the barrel to the front of the stock. When properly done, the dollar bill will slide freely between the barrel and the stock.

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[AK4Dave]

You got it mixed up.

Bedding is only done under the action/receiver. Basically it should be done from the back screw to the part where barrel goes into the receiver. From there its recommended to extend the bedding about 2 1/2-3 inches towards the front of the stock.

The dollar bill trick you're talking about is to check your barrel "float". When barrel is toughing the stock it messes up your accuracy. So people sand/grind the part of the stock from the round chamber part of the barrel to the front of the stock. When properly done, the dollar bill will slide freely between the barrel and the stock.

Yes, I understand what you are saying. I guess I just didn't ask the question correctly.