Did I really mess up my first bedding attempt

[tomsd]

Matth89 STOP TYPING AND GET THAT ACTION OUT OF THERE !!!! Sorry, I got excited- Get it out NOW !!!!

LOL - and great so many helped him.

 

[Tac-O]

I had this same thing happen a couple months ago, except there was a lot of bedding and it got into the chamber as well!!!

I always use a clay dam in the magazine cutout to prevent that from happening, but it apparently pushed it out of the way that time and I didn't see it because it was late at night and I was tired.

It sat for 16 hours. I had to chip out the portion that was hanging over the feed ramp and locking the action to the stock. Then I chiseled as much out as I could, jacked up the breech edges and then had to have a smith remove the barrel and fix it up.

Woops

 

[tomsd]

And for my next magic trick, I'll turn this rifle into a boat anchor!!

LOL - Tough crowd in here sometimes.

 

[25WSM]

I just let it set up and it pops out of the lug area with a little tap of a punch. I dont use the front hole when bedding so i always get some up in the action. It comes out so easy i dont wast my time to clay up the front hole.
Shep

 

[longrangebob]

Butane Pipe Lighter … if it's set and next time "Release Agent" use wax for larger areas you don't want it to get into

 

[Deleted member 115360]

LOL - Tough crowd in here sometimes.

Definitely.

 

[HunterMann]

So I used marine Tex and paste wax. I waxed the bottoms of the action and screws really well. However when I placed the action and screws it looked like it pushed a glob up into the inside of the action. How screwed am I ?

Does any else remember the movie "The Blob" ?

 

[mrbigtexan]

I have used Pam cooking spray for my release agent. Aerosol spray for resizing brass works good too. It gets into all of the crooks and crannies

 

[xsn10s]

I have used Pam cooking spray for my release agent. Aerosol spray for resizing brass works good too. It gets into all of the crooks and crannies

I prefer using paste wax and buff to a nice sheen. But nothing wrong with Pam and this gives me the idea to spray the inside of and action with it. Just in case some epoxy gets inside without being noticed.

 

[tomsd]

Does any else remember the movie "The Blob" ?

Yup - scared me when I was a young kid.

 

[jpfrog]

I prefer using paste wax and buff to a nice sheen. But nothing wrong with Pam and this gives me the idea to spray the inside of and action with it. Just in case some epoxy gets inside without being noticed.

I've only done it once, but also used Pam as my release agent. My gunsmith mentioned it to me that it works well and most people have some on hand already....just make sure the wife doesn't notice you stealing it, haha.

 

[xsn10s]

I've only done it once, but also used Pam as my release agent. My gunsmith mentioned it to me that it works well and most people have some on hand already....just make sure the wife doesn't notice you stealing it, haha.

I wasn't stealing it. I just secured an unsecured item

 

[Murtfree]

These are what I use with surgical tubing to pull the action down into the stock.

Bedding Guide Screws

These will work great if you really feel the need to use screws at all. I've been using these same screws from Brownells for over 30 years when inletting wood stocks with inletting black. Certainly better than using the gun screws and pushing Devcon into the action and threads. I personally only use screws to get things lined up initially then plug the stock holes and action holes with modeling clay then spray the action down with Brownells Acra Release.

 

[beto]

It's not cured should I pull it out and clean it all off

definitely.