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Howa/Weatherby Vanguard bedding help.
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1567149" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I've done three rifles with the Brownells Acra Release and very happy with the results. Spraying all the metal parts after prepping (shoe polish/wax) give me extra confidence that I am not going to have a problem getting the action out of the stock and that I didn't miss a place with the release agent. I've never done a Vanguard or Howa, however any rifle that I have done I always bed four-inches in front of the recoil lug and float the rest of the barrel. The last two rifles that I did, I relieved the entire barrel channel about one-sixteenth of an inch. I then masked the barrel with 2 layers of Brownells (2 inch) bedding/masking tape starting four inches in front of the recoil lug, applied the bedding compound in the entire channel. When the job is done you will have a very nice, .020 thousandths of an inch space between the barrel and the stock. I make a dam at the forend by wrapping molding clay around the barrel to prevent run out. And......no matter what I do, I <em><u>ALWAYS mask off </u></em>anyplace that I do not want bedding compound to stick to with regular masking tape; this includes the entire outside of the stock. For me it seems like there's always a place where bedding compound manages to hit and stick where I don't want it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1567149, member: 69192"] I've done three rifles with the Brownells Acra Release and very happy with the results. Spraying all the metal parts after prepping (shoe polish/wax) give me extra confidence that I am not going to have a problem getting the action out of the stock and that I didn't miss a place with the release agent. I've never done a Vanguard or Howa, however any rifle that I have done I always bed four-inches in front of the recoil lug and float the rest of the barrel. The last two rifles that I did, I relieved the entire barrel channel about one-sixteenth of an inch. I then masked the barrel with 2 layers of Brownells (2 inch) bedding/masking tape starting four inches in front of the recoil lug, applied the bedding compound in the entire channel. When the job is done you will have a very nice, .020 thousandths of an inch space between the barrel and the stock. I make a dam at the forend by wrapping molding clay around the barrel to prevent run out. And......no matter what I do, I [I][U]ALWAYS mask off [/U][/I]anyplace that I do not want bedding compound to stick to with regular masking tape; this includes the entire outside of the stock. For me it seems like there's always a place where bedding compound manages to hit and stick where I don't want it. [/QUOTE]
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