Does anybody have any suggestions for removing a Remington action from a Kevlar synthetic stock after it's been glued in? I don't know what was used unfortunately as "glue". Any help is much appreciated!

Remove the screws, then put the entire rifle in the freezer overnight. In the morning, tap the metal with a rubber mallet (start with the underside of the barrel just ahead of the forend of the stock) and see if it won't come loose....

AD

Find a freezer that will hold it and put it in overnight if possible. Put the stock in a vice and using a dead blow hammer if you have one, or a rubber coated one, give the barrel a sharp rap, just ahead of the forearm. That usually works.

Allen, great minds not only think alike, they seem to do it at the same time.

chic

freezer... or
compressed air can, upsidedown...
jeffe

I brought a 22 hornet cheap one time because someone glassed it into the stock. I found a can of mold release agent and dripped some around the action let set pulled dripped some more pulled lightly dripped a little more about 4hrs later it popped right out wipe it clean. Didn't soften the glass enough to ruin it. But enough to get the action out.

Keep in mind that many benchrest guns are glued in on purpose and that could be the case with yours...If so, I wouldn't mess with it...

Otherwise, by all means freeze it first..if that doesn't work, send it to a gunsmith, as it may take heat to remove it and that can be a little tricky...

I don't know of any benchrest smiths that rebed the action when they rebarrel. Of course, if you are suspect of the bedding job, then perhaps it is worth the effort, but...

Michael

Well, I found a freezer big enough (actually a walk-in), put the rifle in there till it was "frozen hard" , then put a long bedding screw up into the rear action screw hole, clamped the stock, and a couple raps with a rawhide mallet on the bedding screw popped it right out. I'm glad I did it. The "glue-in" was a bit uneven. I can now rebarrel, and re-bed.

Thanks for the help guys!