bedding muzzleloader

[Steve]

I have a knight disc inline muzzle loader that is a 99 year model.
It has a synthetic black stock, the barrel and action is all one piece, it only has one screw to hold the barrel/action to the stock.
accuracy is not to good so I was wondering if bedding the action to the stock would be worth trying.
the recoil lug is also the block welded to the barrel/action that is threaded. that is where the action screw screws into to hold the stock to the barrel/action.
I can e-mail photos
thanks
steve

 

[Steve]

I have devcon to do the bedding but was wondering if it would stick to the synthetic stock?
Any help would be appreciated.
I can send photos through e-mail.
my e-mail s.reese65@yahoo.com

thanks

 

[Preacher]

If you decide to do it be sure to scrape away all the area under the bedding so the release agent they use to help break it out of the mold will be long gone...

 

[Steve]

Thanks Preacher, my other concern is that the single mounting screw is countersunk in the stock about 3/8 of and inch leaving about 1/4 in material between the screw head and the weleded on boss that also acts as the recoil lug. If I drill this out completely to install a pillar would it stay in place without material below the pillar?

 

[Preacher]

Devcon will hold the pillar in place if it has grooves cut around it like most do...

 

[JJH]

I missed this post before, but here's my .02. You may want to created a mechanical lock in the stock in case the bedding does not want to hold to the synthetic. This could be accomplished many ways, but i would probably use a dremel and make some cuts inside the stock that would prevent the bedding from movin upward.

 

[Steve]

Thanks guys.

 

[Steve]

Here's pictures of what I am talking about, I hope this link works.
http://s675.photobucket.com/albums/vv112/sreese65/

 

[GordyGritters]

Steve,

I have this same rifle and have accurized it for long range shooting for our big Iowa deer. I pillar bedded it, crowned it, tuned the trigger, mounted a mil-dot scope, and camo painted it - it shoots very well indeed! I've got several one shot kills at over 150 yards so far with this rifle and have target shot it out to 300 yards.

How I approached this was to make a pillar, bed the action and three or four inches of the barrel in front of the screw for plenty of support since there is only one screw, and then free floating the rest of the barrel. It's been about 3 years since I did this rifle and I'd have to go take it apart to see if I bedded the whole action, or just the front 1/2 of the action behind the screw and free-floated the back half of the action. I know I went a ways in front of and behind the screw, which is the important part on a one-screw setup.

I use a dovetail cutter to make multiple undercut grooves all over the area to be bedded, but the previous advice to use a dremel will work very well also. Then make sure it is degreased, sanded rough, and the epoxy normally will stick OK - I've done it this way for years on all these injection molded stocks.

Hope this helps!
Gordy Gritters
www.gordysgunsmithshop.com
www.extremeaccuracyinstitute.com

 

[Steve]

Thanks for the info Gordy.