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I glassed bedded a win. mod 70 3006 about 12 years ago and it has been stuck ever since and I want to remove it to have it refinished. I have a fiberglass stock I want to put on it and want to know how I can get this wood stock off, I am about ready to cut it off but looking for any ideas before I do and if I do have to cut it off what would be the best way. Thanks Greg
 
Posts: 71 | Location: north pole , alaska | Registered: 30 June 2003Reply With Quote
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try putting it in the freezer over night and then rapping it loose with a rubber mallet. Sometimes works if you originally used release agent.
 
Posts: 767 | Location: Seeley Lake Montana | Registered: 17 April 2002Reply With Quote
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Take a bag of lead shot and put it on a heavy table. Take out the action screws and holding the the gun by the forend and pistol grip give the barrel a solid thunk a few times just forward of the forend. If that doesn't work freeze the rifle and try again.
 
Posts: 457 | Location: Kentucky | Registered: 25 February 2002Reply With Quote
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Thanks, I got it in the freezer now and hope to get it free. I also got the dremel tool ready just in case but I hate to do that as I spent alot of time on the hand rub finish I put on it but the bottom line is the stock has to come off. Thanks again. Greg
 
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Also, as a last resort before more destructive measures you can place the gun on some bags of shot or folded towels resting on 4x4's and replace the action screws with long bolts then give them some raps with a hammer. Not like you are driving nails but trying to break the bond! If you have a scope I'd take it off regardless what method I used, if you haven't done that already.
 
Posts: 7776 | Location: Between 2 rivers, Middle USA | Registered: 19 August 2000Reply With Quote
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I bought a glued-in synthetic stocked 40-X a while back that I needed to get out of the stock to rebarrel. I put it in a walk-in freezer overnight, then the next morning I clamped the stock in a padded vise just forward of the receiver. I smacked the bottom of the barrel with a rawhide mallet just in front of the tip of the forend. On the third "smack", it came loose & lifted right out.

This was on a rifle that was intentionally glued in with no release agent used.
 
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I'm a little uncomfortable with prising or hammering on the barrel. It wouldn't take much to bend the receiver.

So I got that slide hammer that Brownell's sells- the one that has a piece of bar stock that replaces the bolt, with several holes into which a rod screws, and there's a weight that slides up and down the rod? Don't know, it's out in the garage somewhere.

The advantage is of course that you don't trash the bedding when the action comes out, because it goes straight "up", out of the stock. And there is no levering on the receiver by the barrel.
 
Posts: 264 | Location: Grand Prairie, TX, USA | Registered: 17 September 2001Reply With Quote
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I drop the gun while it is upside down and let the stock hit a bench. The barreld action usually comes out, but I have broken three stocksFrowner
 
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Thanks to all,Have any of you had to cut one off... just in case.
 
Posts: 71 | Location: north pole , alaska | Registered: 30 June 2003Reply With Quote
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Took it out of the freezer and with a little effort it popped right out. Thanks to all! Greg
 
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Glad to hear it worked! [Smile]
 
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The freezer trick has worked well for me, but one rifle just would not release. Used the curved EXACTO blades (curved like a parentheses) with the flat edge. Tapped it between the stock and barrel/action every little ways and the stock popped off...eventually. [Wink]
 
Posts: 3490 | Location: Colorado Springs, CO | Registered: 04 April 2003Reply With Quote
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My dad used to loosen the action screws a turn or two and go shoot it a few times.
 
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