Glassbedding?????

[muzbuster]

I have a question about glassbedding..Does it make a difference on small caliber riffles I.E a .222 rem. I'm going to put a new thumbhole stock on my old Remington mod.788. It shoots great right now with original stock and trigger and a bottom end Bushnell scope. But being that I'm going to update the stock & at some point a different scope, is it worth spending a day & a little $ doing it?  I'm leaning towards doing it just to do it but does it really make a difference on a small caliber? 

[Wazukie]

Short answer, yes.  I do it on all my riffles, even my 10/22

[high country]

You bet....bind is bind.

[muzbuster]

Well, thanks guys. That settels it. Looks like I will have a little project to spend a few rainy spring days on. Once I get the new stock I will try & share some before & after pics. I have never done any bedding before but it looks like a fairly straight forward process.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Remember, don't be shy with the release agent.  Put it everywhere the glass contacts the metal so you can seperate them when it dries.

Maybe shoot a few groups with the factory stock for a baseline, then with the new stock and then again after the bedding is done and post the results???   

Lots of pics too...Good luck and have fun. 

[high country]

Here is a side by side I snapped for you to see a good bedding job next to one of hs block stocks...the bedded stock will always go back to the same place and you can't bind it.

 

Here is what they look like when you pop them loose. Notice that you can see the engravings from the bottom of the action...

 

Here is a setup I use to verify that the bedding is stress free. If it moves after the screws snug up...or it won't return to zero....there is something haywire.

 

[muzbuster]

High country.. that looks great, thanks for the adding the pics. Is any one brand of bedding kit better then the other? Anything I should get that doesn't  come with the kit? Never done this before, just going to jump right in & go for it.

[high country]

I use devcon 10110. If you are only doing one....It is a lot of product to sit on. Some mix some baking soda into jb weld to thicken it up.

[Huntbear]

I believe you can get a small container of the devcon powdered metal to mix into your accra-gel.   It does make it a bit thicker to work with, but does set up like steel.  Can be drilled, milled, etc..... 

To save yourself some weight, and hassles... devcon is really only needed in the recoil lug and tang areas..

[deerhunter_98520]

I used the kit from cabelas and comes with everything needed...good for a beginner like me ...one tip i found out is if you get your action  stuck in the stock stick it in the freezer overnight it will pop right out the next day

[Jamieb]

Before I ever shoot a new rifle, I bed the action and lighten up the trigger.

[huntnnw]

some good youtube videos on bedding

[deerhunter_98520]

some good youtube videos on bedding

made me feel a little more comfotable doing it the first time

[Blacktail Sniper]

I used the kit from cabelas and comes with everything needed...good for a beginner like me ...one tip i found out is if you get your action  stuck in the stock stick it in the freezer overnight it will pop right out the next day

GOOD TO KNOW!     Thanks for sharing, has always been a worry of mine.