Want to try to glue my action in,

[borderghost]

Hi Guys , bought an older 3L BAT in an older fiber glass stock , The action seems to be lower at the front , making the barrel very close to the stock at the fore end. action is removed , bedding looks very good , want to lift the front end up a little for more barrel clearance at fore end. Do i have to pre bed the action first , then do a very thin coat for final bedding , One guy told me that the front of action should be a bit higher then the rear , so recoil will push down towards rear bag , any opinions on that . can i just shim the barrel at the front for final bedding height, also can you buy a false trigger hanger to use or how do you bed around trigger hanger, cannot find much on videos as to method to glue in . any help would be great.

 

[AlNyhus]

I've reglued a couple that needed a bit of lift at the front end....here's how I did them:

Wrap some thin, non-compressible tape around the barrel close to the front of the stock. Once you get the height you want, the tape will keep it centered in the barrel channel. On the trigger hangar, I have a 1/8" thick piece of aluminum that's profiled to fit the hanger recess and has the two hanger screw holes in it. With release agent on the sides of the plate, the plate gets glued in with a couple drops of Super Glue...just enough to hold it in place. Then, two 3/4" long screws go into the action hanger screw holes. (either 6-48 or 8-40, depending on the hanger screw size) with release agent on the screw threads. With a QTip, coat the hanger block off plate with release agent. In the stock, I just wrap some painters tape in the trigger cut and coat it with release agent.

Rough up the original bedding and degrease the original bedding and action with acetone before bedding it. When you're going over existing bedding like this, you might want to use a product that's a bit thinner so it flows easier....on a glue in, you don't want the action to continue to settle as it sets up. On the round actions, using a ridge of bedding material down the middle helps it flow out nicely to the sides and up. I use tourniquets or a clamp (just light enough to hold things in place) across the top of the action on the bases or dovetail with a piece of oak between the clamp and the action. Again...you want something hard here so it won't compress and allow the clamp to loosen up as the bedding sets up. Here's an example:

Make sure that when doing the prep that the barreled action doesn't want to tip forward from the weight/length of the barrel when it's resting in a neutral position in the stock. If it does, the bedding is already going to be compromised as you'll need to use excessive clamping force to keep the action down....I can't emphasize this point enough.

Everyone develops their own method of doing stuff though the years. This is just how I approach it...just my opinions based on my experiences.

Good shootin'. -Al

 

[borderghost]

Thanks Al , 1st time doing this , Makes me feel good if i can do it , self taught my self to thread and chamber my barrels and they shoot very well . so this is my next learning curve.