Recommendations for gunsmith to do a bedding job?

[JMW67]

Purchased a new B&C stock and need it fitted and bedded. Any recommendations of who to send it to?

Thanks

ask around your area gun shops and ranges I bet there is a gunsmith around your area plenty qualified to do a bedding job and you would not have to send the rifle off somewhere

 

[Ol' Red]

ask around your area gun shops and ranges I bet there is a gunsmith around your area plenty qualified to do a bedding job and you would not have to send the rifle off somewhere

That makes the most sense.

 

[Drex1]

Purchased a new B&C stock and need it fitted and bedded. Any recommendations of who to send it to?

Thanks

I see you are in IL. Buisse Custom Arms is just over the border in Union Grove, WI. He bedded my Tikka in a Game Warden stock and I couldn't be happier. 262-878-3006

Buisse Custom Arms

Here at Buisse Custom Arms, we value both our customers and the work we do for them. You can expect professional service and exceptional craftsmanship. We offer many different gunsmithing services...

www.buissecustomarms.com

 

[RYEWSKY25284]

I have found Charley Robertson to be very good at bedding (and everything else to do with customizing a rifle), and very reasonably priced and prompt:

SCORE HIGH GUNSMITHING
(Charley Robertson)
9812-A Cochiti Rd. SE
Albuquerque, NM 87123

Ph# 505-292-5532 or 800-326-5632

E-m: [email protected]

Charlie does very good work.

 

[RYEWSKY25284]

Leroy Vinson
Rialto,Ca.
Also does very good work at reasonable prices (909)566-5576

 

[Win.308Stealth]

fwiw I have never used LRI, but it's not 750 for "just" a bedding job. I don't even think they will work on an inletted stock, they start from blanks and CNC out your barreled action and bottom metal and then file and sand it to be essentially seamless. They are likely going to sand/file your action also.

I have a mutual friend of Chad's of LRI and have seen work sone by LRI. IMPRESSIVE. Just a little out of my budget now, maybe someday. But from what my buddy explained to me of LRI's bedsing service, is even if your stock is already inlwtted, they will fill it all and start feom scratch. They will laser scan your action and they cnc machine your stock and then they will bed it.
This is what ive been told by my buddy, no first hand knowledge.

 

[brcfo_outdoors]

I'm fairly handy but my first skim bedding job was pretty easy and turned out much better than I expected.

There isn't much mystique to it unless you want one of the mirror finish benchrest quality full bedding jobs.

If you are handy at all, I would go for it.

I've heard good things about Marine Tex but I used Devcon 10110 and am very happy with how it mixed, applied and released (dollar store shoe polish release agent).

100% this.

There is really no challenge to it once you settle down and do it. Are you going to pay someone to do it again when you decide you want a better stock and upgrade the B&C?

McMillan has you covered for $25.

BEDDING KIT

mcmillanusa.com

 

[PAGSDIII701]

100% this. There is really no challenge to it once you settle down and do it. Are you going to pay someone to do it again when you decide you want a better stock and upgrade the B&C?

McMillan has you covered for $25.

BEDDING KIT

mcmillanusa.com

"Out of Stock"

 

[brcfo_outdoors]

"Out of Stock"

Patience is a virtue.

 

[Buck Fever]

I'm happy with the 1 lb Devcon 10110 kit. I think it was about $45 but it's enough for a few bedding jobs.

That should be easy to find because it's not firearm specific.

 

[brcfo_outdoors]

One of the things I liked about the McMillan set was that it came with the Marine Tex but also the grease stuff (forgive my lack of technical jargon) so the epoxy wouldn't adhere to the action. Kind of an all-in-one set up but you do have to spend the money each time you want to bed a stock. For me being an amateur it was convenient.

 

[Deleted member 102985]

All you need is devcon and some kiwi shoe polish. I use a Dremel to relieve my stocks. Never had any issues they all shoot great after. Check out the videos and go for it! The kiwi works great for a release agent. Put a coat and buff it, apply again. Grab some modeling clay too to fill in the action holes and your set.