Bedding compounds

Hi Guys,
Back in the day if you wanted to bed a rifle you used Accra Glass. I'm anticipating that things have changed over the years. I have two bedding projects in front of me. One is to skim bed an aluminum blocked Stocky's for a Rem 700, the other is a full bed job on an old Remington 600. What bedding compounds would you use for these projects?
Thanks for the help.

Devcon 10110, pricey but easy to work with.Marine Tex it flows and shrinkage is minimal, I have not used Acraglas.Pro-bed 2000 also agood one and less expensive available from Score high Albuquerque New Mexico.

Brownell's has anything you would need. Even some videos that I remember.

I use Marine-Tex. Never had any problems and it's reasonably priced.

I've used the Devcon as well as the ProBed 2000. Both work well.
I choose based on color as well as application. I've found the Devcon will stick to some plastic (aka Tupperware) stocks if you want to attempt to improve them. However, I've also used it in plenty of other stocks such as Bell & Carlson and H&S.

What about something as simple and economical as JB weld??

Darrell

I like Marine Tex.

DT400 said:

What about something as simple and economical as JB weld??

Darrell

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The others are stronger, and give a longer time to try, which is what you want in a bedding compound.

I know I've seen a test involving some of the common compounds, and JB does not fare so well.

My preference in order Is, Steel bed, Pro bed 2000, And Devcon.

The steel bed has a 4 hour pot life and cures slow enough to minimize heating up (Non shrinking) it also does not run and drip making a mess. It also mixes 1 to 1.

The Pro bed 2000 is a little faster 2 to 3 hour pot life and bonds very well to wood and metal. It also mixes 1 to 1.

I have had good results with Devcon but it has to be weighed to get the proper ratio
(I think it is 9 to 1).

I personally don,t use or recommend anything that is not made specifically for bedding. because most heat up and shrink after curing causing a poor fit. short pot life also makes it hard to work and you cant take your time to insert the action and be fully bedded. I can remember the mixing container heating up in my hands when i use to use Accraglass and some of the other old bedding compounds.

There are many things that can be used that have good strength but they just don.t work as well for bedding and some are very difficult to work, And the finished product is not as good as it could be.

Don't let the price dictate the brand. The difference in quality and ease of use, will be worth the price difference.

J E CUSTOM

I'm too gutless to try it but I used some of this for a pool light and wondered if it would make a good bedding compound. Super easy to mold and work with.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030CT6XM/?tag=lrhmag19-20

https://www.aplusbputty.com/PDF/TDS 9908.pdf

marine-tex for me too-- I rad an article on a pro shooter that did a test on shrinkage of compounds and marine-tex seemed to fare the best--and he uses it so that was good enough for me
pick your poison though, they all seem to work pretty well and each person has their own opinion --- price and availability are things to look at also

DT400 said:

What about something as simple and economical as JB weld??

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I use Pro Bed 2000. Last time I looked (years ago), it was more economical than JB weld especially in the big containers. I've used JB on some experimental stock work and found it too runny. Thickened it with some silica fume and it worked better. Overall, I prefer Pro Bed to JB. Never tried the Devcon but am considering getting some for bedding AR uppers to lowers since it is supposed to have a higher strength than Pro Bed, or so I remember off hand.

Still disagree with the Devcon Steel choice, much prefer Devcon Aluminum for the reasons I stated in the release agent choice thread:
https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/release-agent-for-glass-bedding.223020/page-6#post-1673964
And:
https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/release-agent-for-glass-bedding.223020/page-6#post-1674144