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rcmodel
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Probably, if you are totally familiar with using it as far as working times, release agents to use, etc.
The gold standard for DIY bedding for 50+ years has been Brownell's AcraGlas kit.
I'd do that.
http://www.brownells.com/1/1/10250-acraglas-2-gun-acraglas-kit-non-flammable-brownells.html
rc
The gold standard for DIY bedding for 50+ years has been Brownell's AcraGlas kit.
I'd do that.
http://www.brownells.com/1/1/10250-acraglas-2-gun-acraglas-kit-non-flammable-brownells.html
rc
Kenneth
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Brownell's AcraGlas in the red box is the nectar of the gods! AcraGlas gel in the green box is real good stuff too. Or Devcon Plastic Steel bedding compound; if you dare 
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What rcmodel said.
"Our wrongs we must right if we can through the Ballot Box, and if this fails us, through the Cartridge Box."
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story wrote;
Acuglass gel is the way to go for a wood stock , acuglass resin in the red box is to hard to control , it runs all over and makes a mess of a wood stock.
Read up on bedding techniques for 22 rifles, most of them really don't benifit much from bedding as they don't recoil or shift in the stock.
From what I remember about bedding a 22 bolt action , you should bed the front and the rear of the action just enough to make it a tight fit and you should also retain the ridge in the barrel channel as this is needed to support the 22lr barrel. Often removing it will effect the accuracy. In a 22lr rifle your barrel will not move or shift point of aim , as in a centerfire rifle.
Read up at www.rimfirecentral.com thes eguys will tell you what you need to do the job right.
Read up on bedding techniques for 22 rifles, most of them really don't benifit much from bedding as they don't recoil or shift in the stock.
From what I remember about bedding a 22 bolt action , you should bed the front and the rear of the action just enough to make it a tight fit and you should also retain the ridge in the barrel channel as this is needed to support the 22lr barrel. Often removing it will effect the accuracy. In a 22lr rifle your barrel will not move or shift point of aim , as in a centerfire rifle.
Read up at www.rimfirecentral.com thes eguys will tell you what you need to do the job right.
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If you go to a benchrest suppler this for 40+ yrs proven to be the best . It don't shink and cleaner can't hurt it . It works like putty and don't run .
rozziboy18
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im a big fan of dev-con plasic steel epoxy. i have used it on both wood and synthetic stocks with great results. its thick enough to not run and thin enough to work its way into the small cracks and voids. this is strong stuff i bedded my 270 last year and its holding up great with 500+ rounds on the old ruger. just be sure to get the stuff with the 15 min window and do as much prep as possible. the last thing you want is to find out the hard way you for got something.....like release agent lol... by the way use liquid wernch white lithium grease for a release agent with devcon.
amlevin
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I just finished a wood stock using Devcon 10110. For release agent, Kiwi neutral colored shoe polish. Couldn't be happier. A nice solid, heat and solvent resistant bedding, that won't crumble or crack. Fairly easy to work with and a container will do a couple of stocks for under $50.
Also works great for bedding scope rail/mounts.
Also works great for bedding scope rail/mounts.
Marine-tex info: http://www.marinetex.com/marinetexepoxyputty.html
One place to get it: http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...toreNum=10104&subdeptNum=10296&classNum=10300
One place to get it: http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...toreNum=10104&subdeptNum=10296&classNum=10300
Clark
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I have glass bedded a lot of rifles, and it hardly ever makes a noticeable improvement, but I keep doing it, because it does not hurt, if done right. But if done wrong and tightening the action screws bends the barreled action, then it makes things noticeably worse. In that case, chisel out the bedding and start over.
It is much more likely to help a 338 Win Mag than a .223. The idea is to get the stock recoiling as a single mass with the barreled action. .223s will shoot fine without a stock.
I use Devcon steel putty, because I don't like to fight time or gravity.
I mask with masking tape.
I use Redding Imperial sizing wax as a release agent, but many household products would work.
I shim with layers of masking tape or paper.
I make pillars from 3/8" o.d. 1018 steel tubing, because the brass tubing has dissimilar metals problems and the stainless tubing is too hard to machine.
It is much more likely to help a 338 Win Mag than a .223. The idea is to get the stock recoiling as a single mass with the barreled action. .223s will shoot fine without a stock.
I use Devcon steel putty, because I don't like to fight time or gravity.
I mask with masking tape.
I use Redding Imperial sizing wax as a release agent, but many household products would work.
I shim with layers of masking tape or paper.
I make pillars from 3/8" o.d. 1018 steel tubing, because the brass tubing has dissimilar metals problems and the stainless tubing is too hard to machine.
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