• This Forum is for adults 18 years of age or over. By continuing to use this Forum you are confirming that you are 18 or older. No content shall be viewed by any person under 18 in California.

A “quick bedding” tutorial

Fast14riot said:
One thing I'm curious about, has anyone used One Shot as a release agent? Makes sense to me, I have a can of it sitting on my shelf I dont use for sizing anymore and on an old military action there are a lot of little odd spots to get a paste wax into and a spray would be much easier.
Click to expand...
I used Hornady One Shot for several rifles and didn’t like the finish. I went back to Kiwi neutral shoe polish. I’m sure the Johnson’s floor polish works just as well but a little can of Kiwi dries out before I use it up and I don’t have floors to polish so I don’t have Johnson’s around. The One Shot I didn’t feel safe polishing it smooth fearing I would rub it off so the finish was dull mat. Almost like a fine soda blasted finish.
 
Daveinjax said:
I used Hornady One Shot for several rifles and didn’t like the finish. I went back to Kiwi neutral shoe polish. I’m sure the Johnson’s floor polish works just as well but a little can of Kiwi dries out before I use it up and I don’t have floors to polish so I don’t have Johnson’s around. The One Shot I didn’t feel safe polishing it smooth fearing I would rub it off so the finish was dull mat. Almost like a fine soda blasted finish.
Click to expand...

I keep Partall Paste #2 mold release wax in stock and can get PolEase 2300 aerosol mold release or Stoner brand Rocket release aerosol easily. I just have this can of HOS sitting on the shelf I refuse to use for sizing anymore and thought I might use it up.

Personally, I dont really care about the appearance of the bedding, only the accuracy. Besides, this is for a springfield 1903 and they have an as machined finish, plus I add steel powder to my bedding material.
 
Fast14riot said:
I keep Partall Paste #2 mold release wax in stock and can get PolEase 2300 aerosol mold release or Stoner brand Rocket release aerosol easily. I just have this can of HOS sitting on the shelf I refuse to use for sizing anymore and thought I might use it up.

Personally, I dont really care about the appearance of the bedding, only the accuracy. Besides, this is for a springfield 1903 and they have an as machined finish, plus I add steel powder to my bedding material.
Click to expand...
Then the One Shot will work well for you. There were no issues with release on my rifles.
 
Dusty Stevens said:
Its cheaper, you can buy less quantity i think too. You can buy a little bitty jar of marine tex. Jb weld will also work for this just fine- all we’re doing is eliminating the excess movement a factory inlet has. Browning/winchester does this with a glob of hot glue looking stuff they squirt in there during assembly.
Click to expand...

So did the Remington custom shop years ago, they referred to it as I believe "resilient bedding" I pulled it out with pliers straightened and re -bedded the canted action (now straight), relieved the stock where the bolt handle hit, replaced the collapsed, failed extractor and cut the screwed up crown. Sorry about the rant, the hot glue thing stirred up some bad memories on my one and only Rem custom shop rifle. :eek:
 
Dusty Stevens said:
Keep us posted
Click to expand...

Popped the barreled action out. The mini-bedding job itself looks good. But, it's an aftermarket stock and the inletting is funky. With the barrel taped so as to center in the channel, and studs threaded into the action screw holes and taped up to center up in the screw holes in the stock (with the soda straw)...the right side of the action is pretty tight against the inletting and the left side has a larger gap. So on the right side the bedding material (JB Weld) squeezed up and after clean-up a very thin line of bedding is visible. On the left, there was much less squeeze on the material so none is visible, only the wide gap. While the actual bedding appears sufficient, it looks lop-sided and that bothers me. So I just now mixed up some more material and added it to the left side and put everything back together as before. While the gap will still be off, at least it won't look like a half-baked job.

The barrel channel was cut for the factory barrel and fit the original barrel very well. But this new barrel has a very different profile and the wood in some places wouldn't allow the barrel in, and in other places had wide gaps. Of course I expected this when I ordered the barrel and decided I would just make the best of it. I mean after all, a 140 dollar stock and a 170 dollar barrel... I evened up the gaps as best I could. Not pretty! If it turns out it shoots well, maybe I'll get another stock.
 

Attachments

  • beddd.jpg
    beddd.jpg
    38.7 KB · Views: 349
AccelR8 said:
Popped the barreled action out. The mini-bedding job itself looks good. But, it's an aftermarket stock and the inletting is funky. With the barrel taped so as to center in the channel, and studs threaded into the action screw holes and taped up to center up in the screw holes in the stock (with the soda straw)...the right side of the action is pretty tight against the inletting and the left side has a larger gap. So on the right side the bedding material (JB Weld) squeezed up and after clean-up a very thin line of bedding is visible. On the left, there was much less squeeze on the material so none is visible, only the wide gap. While the actual bedding appears sufficient, it looks lop-sided and that bothers me. So I just now mixed up some more material and added it to the left side and put everything back together as before. While the gap will still be off, at least it won't look like a half-baked job.

The barrel channel was cut for the factory barrel and fit the original barrel very well. But this new barrel has a very different profile and the wood in some places wouldn't allow the barrel in, and in other places had wide gaps. Of course I expected this when I ordered the barrel and decided I would just make the best of it. I mean after all, a 140 dollar stock and a 170 dollar barrel... I evened up the gaps as best I could. Not pretty! If it turns out it shoots well, maybe I'll get another stock.
Click to expand...
Looks like you did just fine for what you had
 
Bc'z said:
Would it be correct to surmise knowing it's off center from the get a person could drill for pillars in the fat side to offset the skinny side before bedding.
Click to expand...
They still need to be in the center of the bottom. Only way to fix it is make it bigger but in the center. The bedding will just be wider. Same for the barrel channel- cut it bigger but straight
 
Dusty the straw trick is awesome! wish I'd have seen that 20 years ago lol I had never even given that any thought and just dealt with the mess. Thank you for posting the pic!

Kirk
 
Tommie said:
@Dusty Stevens
Hot glue? Who in their right mind would use that to bed an action?!
(Sorry folks. Inside joke)
Click to expand...
You should see what I can do with a tube of 3M panel bonder,duct tape and baleing wire.

Seriously I'm curious as to how 3M panel bonder would work as a bedding agent.
Its hard as hell, but has flexibility long working time for clean up.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Upgrades & Donations

This Forum's expenses are primarily paid by member contributions. You can upgrade your Forum membership in seconds. Gold and Silver members get unlimited FREE classifieds for one year. Gold members can upload custom avatars.


Click Upgrade Membership Button ABOVE to get Gold or Silver Status.

You can also donate any amount, large or small, with the button below. Include your Forum Name in the PayPal Notes field.


To DONATE by CHECK, or make a recurring donation, CLICK HERE to learn how.

Classified Ads

Forum statistics

Threads
164,992
Messages
2,187,747
Members
78,620
Latest member
Halfdeadhunter

Share This Page

Back
Top