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Okay so I am not real good at anything that requires "touch"...Is there a fool proof bedding material that comes with fool proof instrcutions... You know rifle bedding for dummies... | ||
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instructions with Acraglas are pretty good, can't say it fool proof, but if you follow the instructions you will be fine. Billy, High in the shoulder (we band of bubbas) | |||
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i'm with billy... hell mike, call me and i'll walk you through it... here's some really good tips 1: get a large horse syringe with no needle 2: get a package of popsicle sticks 3: get the brownell's spray release 4: use painters tape to tape off MOST of the stock 5: plumbers putty for filling holes 6: surgical tubing helps to pull it down 7: the syes can NEVER match the wood.. get the inletting pretty damn close 8: take it out of the wood after 6 hours.. trust me 9: go to radio shack and get some plastic screw drivers.. usually used on TVs... these WILL NOT scratch your bluing... 10 VINIGER.. .use ONLY on unblued gun Last, but not least it's a ZILLION times easier to get the crap off while it's soft 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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Ok jeff, when I return from Patagonia...I will give u a call Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Hello, Let me suggest that you consider MarineTex available at most marine supply shops for a bedding material for firearms. Sure there are others out there, but this material works for any kind of weather and is extremely strong and can in fact machine it once it cures. Not any more difficlt to use than other bedding materials, but will not soften with age and impervious to oils, solvents, etc. Just a suggestion. Favor Center!! dsiteman | |||
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I use Marine Tex also, but for a beginner I would highly recommend Brownells Acraglas GEL.... Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I think the material is less important than making sure you don't have any bedding material going where you don't want it to. Avoid mechanical locks, be sure to use plenty of release agent and tape where you'll get oozing. Don't tighten up the screws real tight either. I usually don't use them and use surgical tubing to snug the action into the stock. Whatever you use just make sure it's thick, the original acraglass is thin and a real pain. I'd just grab a acraglass gel kit, read the directions and go for it. ______________________ Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else. | |||
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dsiteman- Acraglas does all that and it add tremendous strength to the stock. It also does not shrink or expand although neither does MarineTex I think. -Spencer | |||
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I agree with Jeffe on everything but the plumbers putty, it works but modeling clay is better in my opinion. I think the only reason Jeffe uses Plumbers putty is he is cheap  Billy, High in the shoulder (we band of bubbas) | |||
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Go to www.probed2000.com and ask for his free CD. It walks you through the procedure with a powerpoint presentation. And the Probed epoxy and pillars are the best I have ever used. | |||
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High Score bedding from Midwayusa.com is absolutely the most fool proof and best bedding compound I've ever worked with. The kit includes everything. Along with more mixing sticks, brush for appling release agent, putty for filling any hole before the bed job and a much superior/more workable release agent IMHO. | |||
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I use to use marinetex, first on boats and then on guns for bedding. The forumula has changed considerably and it has a filler in it now and is not near the strength that it was in the past. It is basically a lot more brittle than previously (less tensile strength) but it still may do for bedding purposes. Most of the good products are basically a two part epoxy. They can hype you with Aluminum, steel and titanium powders added but they only give the produce a color. If the additives are a metal powder then they can not add to the tensile strength of the epxoy when it is set up. | |||
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Im suprized noone else has tryed this PC Woody epoxy I found at hardware stores. Strong stuff, you can drill and tap it too. | |||
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I like the regular Acraglass but I cant stand the gel verion. Microbed is what I use around here when I want a gel type bedding compound. | |||
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10-4 to that. I think Microbed is the easiest of all for a beginner to work with. Not as runny as Acraglass, and much less likely to give "air bubbles" for some reason unknown to me. A straight 1-to-1 ratio by volume, so is easy to mix correctly. Be sure to cut excess off with a razor blade or similar tool when it sets to the consistency of a flexible plastic, whatever you use. That way it no longer runs, but you don't have something so hard you have to grind it off like a lot of fully set products are... Alberta Canuck My country gal's just a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still. | |||
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I have used Devcon Aluminum for three or four guns now, and I like it better than Accraglas gel by a long shot. It's more of a putty consistency, and that makes it easier to use the "right amount". There was a reference on the Net a couple of years back on shrink, and the Devcon came out among the top two or three for dimensional stability before and after drying. In our application, a couple of thou shrink can have a pretty dramatic effect. FWIW, Dutch. Life's too short to hunt with an ugly dog. | |||
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My old departed friend Ray Price always used Microbed and also did not like Acraglass gel so Bill is in good company. The other thing I have seen Ray do when he was changing a pattern for his duplactor was to use heat to remove it. He would hit the barrel channel with a propane bottle torch and it would come out like putty with a scraper. I have never tried this with acraglass but I need to sometime to see if it is just an attribute of Microbed. | |||
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Found the reference I mentioned: http://yarchive.net/gun/rifle/bedding.html Dutch. Life's too short to hunt with an ugly dog. | |||
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