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which bedding compound?
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<blockquote data-quote="cohunt" data-source="post: 1635623" data-attributes="member: 94491"><p>question for those that bed rifles professionally:</p><p></p><p>I'm looking at pillar/full length bedding a fiberglass stock--what bedding compound would you use? </p><p></p><p>I have done a Remington polymer flexy-stock before and I used acra-glass "liquid" in the forearm (to flow into the different cavities to reduce the forearm flex) and acra-glass "putty" for the receiver (as i figured the putty would "drip" less) , but it seemed like the putty required a lot of tension to get it to "push/squeeze" out of the way of the action (no I did not use an over abundance of it)</p><p></p><p>I know that different people prefer different bedding compounds --which ones do the "pro's" use? Marine-tex, acra-glass, devcon, steel bed, any others? any why do you prefer that bedding compound? </p><p></p><p>is there a better one for fiberglass stocks vs wood? </p><p></p><p></p><p>what about release agent? kiwi shoe polish, Johnson's paste wax? something else? --the blue liquid release agent that came with the acra-glass kit was a PITA to remove so I'm looking for better options this time.</p><p></p><p></p><p>last question --this will probably stir the pot a little--- on a lightweight pencil barrel do you free float or full length bed, and why? I have recently seen several "custom" light weight rifles with pencil profile barrels and they seem to be full length bedding the barrel----if you do this, do you do the barrel at the same time as the action, or in a separate procedure after the action is bed? </p><p></p><p>Thanks ahead of time for all the knowledge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cohunt, post: 1635623, member: 94491"] question for those that bed rifles professionally: I'm looking at pillar/full length bedding a fiberglass stock--what bedding compound would you use? I have done a Remington polymer flexy-stock before and I used acra-glass "liquid" in the forearm (to flow into the different cavities to reduce the forearm flex) and acra-glass "putty" for the receiver (as i figured the putty would "drip" less) , but it seemed like the putty required a lot of tension to get it to "push/squeeze" out of the way of the action (no I did not use an over abundance of it) I know that different people prefer different bedding compounds --which ones do the "pro's" use? Marine-tex, acra-glass, devcon, steel bed, any others? any why do you prefer that bedding compound? is there a better one for fiberglass stocks vs wood? what about release agent? kiwi shoe polish, Johnson's paste wax? something else? --the blue liquid release agent that came with the acra-glass kit was a PITA to remove so I'm looking for better options this time. last question --this will probably stir the pot a little--- on a lightweight pencil barrel do you free float or full length bed, and why? I have recently seen several "custom" light weight rifles with pencil profile barrels and they seem to be full length bedding the barrel----if you do this, do you do the barrel at the same time as the action, or in a separate procedure after the action is bed? Thanks ahead of time for all the knowledge [/QUOTE]
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