first time bedding a rifle.

[bankwalker]

well i baught a rifle bedding kit today and gave it my best shot. i feel i did a good job. fallowed the instructions completely, no skipping anything even when i thought it was pointless.
my stock had a big crack in it, between the mag and tang bolt. so i fixed the crack, and figure i should bed the action while i was at it. next i will float the barrel, the barrel channel is uneven and to me it looks like there is alot of pressure on the front of the barrel.
 
now im just waiting over night for it to set up. hopefully it comes out good.

[Huntbear]

As long as you followed directions, used plenty of release agent, and were careful, it should come out fine.  If you have any questions, or problems, feel free to shoot me a PM.

John

[bankwalker]

whats a nightmare that was. wow 

so i used the full bottle of release agent to be safe. still it didnt work...i had to rip it apart. the bedding came out looking decent. its alot better fit then it was before.

luckily everything came out ok. i had to do some cleanup on my action, and knock off alot of overflow from the mag area.

5 hours of cleaning up this morning. and my fingers are killing me. im finally done and the fit is nice, the barrel is floated just perfect. and i completely refinished the stock to its natural color (was stained very dark dark brown)

will i ever bed another rifle? hell no. was it a great learning expirience? yes it was. did it come out the way i wanted? yea after alot of work.

[Austrian Hunter]

Any pics

[JackOfAllTrades]

Actually, it would appear that you used too much epoxy. But, the fact that you got it apart is the main thing. In most cases it's not actually glued together, but once it's cured the action fits so much tighter that things are difficult to get separated. Did you cut the stock/barrel channel before bedding the action?

In most cases, accuracy consistancy will be improved by bedding the action and pillar bedding the mount points.

You may just do this again, once you see what the improvements are.

Unfortunately you don't have 'scoped shooting' target groups to compare to.

-Steve

[bankwalker]

Actually, it would appear that you used too much epoxy. But, the fact that you got it apart is the main thing. In most cases it's not actually glued together, but once it's cured the action fits so much tighter that things are difficult to get separated. Did you cut the stock/barrel channel before bedding the action?

In most cases, accuracy consistancy will be improved by bedding the action and pillar bedding the mount points.

You may just do this again, once you see what the improvements are.

Unfortunately you don't have 'scoped shooting' target groups to compare to.

-Steve

i used very minimal epoxy, and yea i did trim the stock and barrel channel. i followed every step word for word.

i made sure to draw a line on the barrel and action before anything was done, cause the directions said to make sure to not set the action to deep into the stock. after i was done i actually had the action sitting good, the line was right where it should be.

i would more then likely do it again, but not 3 days before the season 

i only did this, due to having a huge crack in the stock and having to fix it anyway. the whole bedding job was actually quite easy. i just dont know where i went wrong, and was stock with huge clean up this morning.


 

[Jamieb]

It sound to me like you let the bedding cure to long before taking it apart to trim and clean up. I only wait 4 or 5 hours, that way the bedding is still soft enough to trim up with a knife. After clean up and final assembly then I let the bedding cure for at least 5 days before I shoot the rifle.
One of the biggest problems guys seem to have on their first bedding job is they hurry and panic easy. After you've locked a couple of actions in or had to dremil out the bedding to start over, you'll realize that you realy wont screw anything up that you cant fix.

[bankwalker]

It sound to me like you let the bedding cure to long before taking it apart to trim and clean up. I only wait 4 or 5 hours, that way the bedding is still soft enough to trim up with a knife. After clean up and final assembly then I let the bedding cure for at least 5 days before I shoot the rifle.
One of the biggest problems guys seem to have on their first bedding job is they hurry and panic easy. After you've locked a couple of actions in or had to dremil out the bedding to start over, you'll realize that you realy wont screw anything up that you cant fix.

i see. i let it sit for about 18hours before taking it apart. the bedding was hard enough that i could not get a knife into it. i had to use a dremel to clean it up.

[mazama]

I use PAM frying pan spray or wax paper in barrel channel,also had a stock stuck and broke or cracked it used bedding agent to glue it back together.

[Mookie]

Sounds like my first time bedding. It is super easy now. One tip. Skip the release agent all together and use natural color shoe polish as the release agent and plumbers putty to fill the small holes.

I don't know what you used for bedding but I have found Devcon 10110 to be the most consistent. Although you have to let it set for about 4 days to make sure it is done. Hard as a freaking rock.