So I just picked up a rifle off of GB. It appears that someone bedded the action but didn't use enough release in the recoil lug area. I can move the tang area and the barrel near the end of the forearm but the recoil lug area seems to be stuck pretty tight. Rifle is a M70 FWT CRF made in Utah.
Haven't shot it yet and don't NEED to remove stock at this point so may end up just leaving it but thought I would ask the experts here if there are any tricks. IIRC if you freeze the gun it may release?

I have read that freezing a rifle will cause the metal to shrink enough that it will sometimes come apart, but I have never had to try it.

Yes, put it in the deep freeze for a few hours. A bench rest shooter friend does this.

I had one like that recently, just used a heat gun. Made the glass like soft putty. Of coarse had to rebed it since all the bedding came out.
Don

Have you removed the bottom metal from the stock? I have used a dead blow hammer to tap a headless stockmakers screw that I screwed into the front receiver screw hole. The reason I ask about the bottom metal is some M70's have three screws holding the bottom metal.

I had a savage 340 in 22 hornet that some one had glassed into the stock.

Picked it up cheap I found a quart of fiber glass mold release agent at the local hard ware store. I dribbled some along stock and action for several days after about the 3 or forth day I was able to pop it out.

I would try the other first but this worked for me.

If you can move the tang, I would say that the barreled action isn't really glued in. There is some sort of a mechanical lock on the action somewhere.

Careful of the freezer. If the grain flow isn't right through the grip, you can break it when you deadblow the action to break it loose. Just go slow and easy...it'll come out. /fingers crossed.

I'll give the freezer a try. The trigger is about 6-8lbs so I'll have to get it apart to do a trigger job.

I used Glen71's idea and took off the bottom metal, put the front screw in and put a hex driver into it and gently tapped on the hex driver until I got some play. The lug was bedded front, sides and back so it was really stuck but eventually loosened up.
The trigger is in a silver (alloy?) housing and not the exposed spring M70 trigger I am familiar with. Is it adjustable only by a gunsmith or can I do it without buggering something up?

Made in Utah? I know they were made in Conneticut, and also in South Carolina, but I've never heard of any being built in Utah? Glad you got it apart.

They say "Ogden, Utah" because they are Browning owned.

G'Day Fella's,

Black Tailer, it may just be the factory bedding that is holding the stock and barreled action together!
I have pulled a few of these new rifles apart and that is what it sounds like to me. The factory bedding compound/Goo is like the stuff extruded from a Hot Glue Gun and there is no release agent on the metal work but if you can be careful and persistent, you can pull the two parts apart with your hands! Or hold the firearm upside down with the barrel in a padded vice and try to lift the stock upwards and away from the metal work!

Hope that helps

Doh!
Homer

Blacktailer. Nuthin' wrong with a good tight bedding job. Might be a good shooter. Good luck with the trigger.

Make a simple puller so you don't split or crack the stock along the top area. The tool is shaped like a U over the stock and about 9 inches long. It can be made of wood or steel pipe. Make an inter rod the diameter of the bolt and drill/tap 5/16 in. This hole should be located so the inserted rod is just behind the receiver front locking area. Drill a clearance hole in the top piece which will fit over the action and fit along the top of the wood. When you tighten up the 5/16 bolt it will pull the action from the wood without damage to the stock. Other options can cause the stock to crack. This is what we used and never had a problem pulling the action apart.