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On my project gun the previous owner had bedded thebarrel and a little in the forward part of the action, the bedding in the barrel channel seems High and seems to hold the barrel up, I want to take it down a bit but before I started I thought I'd ask some experts before I hacked it up but good, material seems to be a "putty" color and pretty hard, I'm thinking a grinding wheel in my air tool, but the material looks like it would fill up the grinding wheel in short order, got any tricks I'm not thinking of? | ||
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Sometimes you can knock the whole piece of bedding out (assuming they didn't do a good job of giving the bedding lots of surface area to grip). The best route would probably be the rotary tool with sanding drums or some other aggressive sander/grinder. OnE tip: don't let it heat up too much because it will gum up your tool faster. | |||
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an air die grinder with a carbide burr might remove a high spot quickly without loading up the last on I bought was only $15 | |||
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Snellstrom: I use a two fluke end mill in a milling machine turing about 2000 RPMS or faster if possible. The stock is in a vice. Rustystud | |||
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Another thought. Brownells sells a line of barrel channel tools on page 252 of their catalog, that besides opening barrel channels for heavier contoured barrels, work great for scraping away epoxy. Though not quite as fast as air grinders and routers, you will have a little better control with these, and if one of these channeling tools gets away from you, it won't do as much damage to the stock.  | |||
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well.. power tools and fnished stocks are a bad combo, in my hands!!! LOL if it is not the bedding material with metal in it, just use gouges to clean it up.. jeffe opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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I found an easy way by accident while stripping old finish. Just slop a good coat of paint and varnish remover. Won't be long it will soften out and come out wit a putty knife, and then you can use the barrel bedding scraper to clean it up without dulling the tools. Wayne | |||
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Try the small steel dremel round cutters and the cylinder style in a variable speed tool .This is what I use to clean up bedding. If you need some tools check out the flat scrapers Brownels sells.They are rounded on both ends and sharpen quickly on a small grinder.Great for fine work such as this.You could make some out of the right material such as old saw blades. Glenn | |||
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