Bedding Rifle Project

[Coach W]

Good thread
The snipershide guys have some good instruction on building accurate rifles.

I've done a few in the last couple years. Bedded a 308, 280 ackley,and a 257 wby. All 700 actions.

Some random pics:

J.B. That looks great.

Have you ever done a Ruger m77.. Slanted front action screw, or a Ruger 10/22 with just the one action screw.

Im about to start on one or the other but not really sure where to begin... what needs bedding material on the 10/22... and how to do the guide bolt on an angled front action screw?

[J.B.]

I have not... Just the 700s. Bedding is a fun project! Good luck on the Rugers!

[Husker]

Great write up. Would of saved me a lot of stress when I did my rifle a while back having this for reference.
When I do my next one though I'll use something other than pink clay. It took forever to get it all off the black and gray laminated stock.

[sutherpride59]

Coach W awesome right up! Good pics and easy to follow. I've been doing some reading into this myself to do to a rem 700 in 300 winmag. One thing i keep noticing is that no one uses the original stock, you almost have to either have a wooden stock or a nice aftermarket stock. Can you do it with the original synthetic stock most people get on their bolt gun or does it have to be a stiffer more rigid aftermarket stock?

[Coach W]

Coach W awesome right up! Good pics and easy to follow. I've been doing some reading into this myself to do to a rem 700 in 300 winmag. One thing i keep noticing is that no one uses the original stock, you almost have to either have a wooden stock or a nice aftermarket stock. Can you do it with the original synthetic stock most people get on their bolt gun or does it have to be a stiffer more rigid aftermarket stock?

You can do it in any stock... Im debating doing it to an original 788 wood stock right now or just putting down the cash for a birch thumbhole (I love the Thumbholes) I am however, planning on doing the m77 in its original zytel skeleton stock.. maybe 2 of them. If I can figure out the Angled action.

But you would do them the same, take some material out, probably a little extra in the barrel chanel, then line and cover eveything up with tape... etc.

Most of the original synthetic stocks are not great, they flex and torque allowing the stock to touch the rifle where its not supposed to, which is detrimental to accuarcy. But Bedding them definitely couldnt hurt.

Im not a fan of the synthetic light weight tuperware stocks (I just really prefer wood) but some of the High dollar tuperware stocks are supposedly very well made.

If you do decide to take the plunge into a new stock, throw your old one up in the classifieds and make 35-50 bucks of your money back.

The way I see it is, its a lot of work, might as well do it to a stock I KNOW Im going to keep for life.

[Coach W]

Great write up. Would of saved me a lot of stress when I did my rifle a while back having this for reference.
When I do my next one though I'll use something other than pink clay. It took forever to get it all off the black and gray laminated stock.

I actually tried to use odd ball bright colors... It made it very easy to see where to stop cutting, either in the initial clean up with the knife or in the final phase clean up with the dremel. When I cut through the yellow/pink/red play dough to the different colored wood I knew I had gone far enough, to clear the inletting.

[sutherpride59]

Simply awesome, good job and again great write up! thanks for shareing!

[Cajun Blake]

Very nice job

[JBS]

Looks like you got. Now all you have left to do is grind away the bedding on the bottom, sides, and front of the recoil lug. The only contact you want on the lug is its back side. Add a couple layers of tape to the bottom, sides, and front to the lug on the next job and it will save you the time of cutting the glass away after the fact.

[Coach W]

Looks like you got. Now all you have left to do is grind away the bedding on the bottom, sides, and front of the recoil lug. The only contact you want on the lug is its back side. Add a couple layers of tape to the bottom, sides, and front to the lug on the next job and it will save you the time of cutting the glass away after the fact.

Rifled Action Prep

****No pre cleaning or degreasing is necessary.

1. Remove Bolt and trigger.

2. Put two layers of electrical tape/masking tape on the sides, bottom and front of the recoil lug (not the back)

Please Note #2 on the Rifled Action Prep

Allready been taken care of.

[JBS]

Please Note #2 on the Rifled Action Prep

Allready been taken care of.

Great, missed that. You be ready to squirt bullets.

[Coach W]

Figured out the 10/22 and am diving into it tomorrow.

Im bedding the entire receiver, and forward of the action bolt 2 inches on the barrel. (its a heavy bull barell and needs the support).

Pics will follow.

[DYARB]

What a turn out

[Coach W]

OK the 10/22 was a touch more difficult than the 700, or vanguard....

If one happens to forget to put some play dough on the top of the barrel block, between the barrel... you will get a mechanical lock.... The devcon will ooze up there on top of it and then harden... once it hardens you have essentially locked your barreled action into the stock... Not that I know from experience, but if that does happen to occur then you must then break the side of your stock to get your action out...

Hypothetically speaking of course.

The 10/22 is harder because of the angular way the action goes into the stock.... Hard but not undoable.

Pics to come.

[RPB]

are those Bobby Hart stocks?