Bedding - behind, around, or capturing the recoil lug

[Dusty Stevens]

Any pro tips on breaking it free from the bedding? it's got a liberal amount of release agent... I'm just a little anxious to pull it apart.

Heat. Keep prying the barrel up by hand every few minutes as you heat it

 

[LVLAaron]

Heat. Keep prying the barrel up by hand every few minutes as you heat it

Thx. Heat gun is on the workbench.

 

[dnellans]

I hope you haven’t been cussing and prying at your action for the last day...

 

[Lone Hunter]

Any pro tips on breaking it free from the bedding? it's got a liberal amount of release agent... I'm just a little anxious to pull it apart.

I use a Rubber Mallet and tap the barrel. Rock it back and forth real easy and it will come out with a little time and patience.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Just remember any rocking or banging is just going to loosen the bedding and everytime you pull it out to admire it its getting looser every time

 

[WVRJ]

I just this week switched stocks on a little 223 that I built a few years ago.The stock that was on it was bedded with the front,sides and bottom taped.The new stock was bedded with the front and bottom taped,and the sides are in full contact,so i'm anxious to try it in the morning and see if there's any difference.They're both Bell&Carlson Medalists with aluminum blocks.It's a half minute rifle in the first stock,so it's yet to be seen if the lug side contact will change anything.It's always been super stable as far as holding its zero.The new stock has been modified with a 3 inch flat fore end that I know will make it ride the lobe bag better,so if it shoots better,I probably won't know how much the bedding technique helped.Hopefully it won't hurt.Having the sides of the lug bedded would seem to do a better job of mating the action to the stock.I know it's nothing like a chassis setup,it's more like an old school benchrest rifle before the glued in stocks became popular.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I just this week switched stocks on a little 223 that I built a few years ago.The stock that was on it was bedded with the front,sides and bottom taped.The new stock was bedded with the front and bottom taped,and the sides are in full contact,so i'm anxious to try it in the morning and see if there's any difference.They're both Bell&Carlson Medalists with aluminum blocks.It's a half minute rifle in the first stock,so it's yet to be seen if the lug side contact will change anything.It's always been super stable as far as holding its zero.The new stock has been modified with a 3 inch flat fore end that I know will make it ride the lobe bag better,so if it shoots better,I probably won't know how much the bedding technique helped.Hopefully it won't hurt.Having the sides of the lug bedded would seem to do a better job of mating the action to the stock.I know it's nothing like a chassis setup,it's more like an old school benchrest rifle before the glued in stocks became popular.

So the new stock was bedded to this action?

 

[WVRJ]

So the new stock was bedded to this action?

Yes,I bedded it last Monday and shot it this past Sunday,and the new stock does shoot a little better,but I can't say for sure if it was the bedding or the better stock shape that made the difference.Unusually,it shot a .370 5 shot group first thing.I've found it takes a few shots for everything to settle in and really start shooting.The first group was with a clean barrel also.It shot very well when I shot 2 more groups,and I'm very happy with it.Now I need to take the stock off and paint it.I'll use automotive base/clear coat and then buff it to smooth it up and make it purty.I have gotten into finding old used fiberglass stocks and reconfiguring them to what I want.I did an old 788 Remington up with a nice HS Precision that's pillar bedded and it's nice.It's a good way to get a really great stock without spending a lot of money.I've done several,and have another one in the works for a 338 Lapua that I'll be getting in the near future.