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They can eventually be separated, however, although it may take a bit of effort with perhaps a few hours in a freezer and the use of a wooden mallet. Bench rest actions are single shot, and are a bit simpler and smoother in contour than are repeating actions. Since the action and the stock are cemented together, there is no movement, no stress, no chance of re-assembling the action and stock just a bit off kilter. In order to eliminate stress across the action, no screws are used to hold the action into the stock. The action and the stock effectively become one piece. But if one is pursuing the ultimate in rifle accuracy, the potential for groups in the 0.100s" at 100 yards, the methods above are not sufficient.īench rest shooters actually epoxy their actions into their stocks without the use of release agents. The methods above are suitable achieving accuracy necessary for hunting, silhouette, even varminting. Whether this action stress is important depends upon the degree of accuracy one is pursuing. The tension of the screws potentially create a stress across the action. In these first three methods, stock screws are need to hold the stock and action together. The hardness vs flexibility of the final compound should be considered, as it may be important to the final result. Some will be a bit on the rubbery side, as they are attended for adhesion and vibration resistance, rather than support. Not all epoxy compounds cure to this hard, dense state.

The Brownells bedding agents cure to a hard and nonporous compound. Before molding, the action is coated with a release agent such as silicon or wax so that the action can be separated from the bedding compound after it cures. Brownells sells several kinds using fiberglass or powdered metal as strengthening additives within the epoxy. Third, the stock can be custom molded to the shape of the action, by the use of various bedding compounds, such as the JB Weld mentioned above or any of a number of commercial bedding compounds can be used. Nothing but the bedding block and the attaching screws touch the action. The block is permanently affixed to the stock. Second, an action can be bedded into a block of metal or metal frame fitted to support the contours of the action.

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The remainder of the stock is free floated. The cylinder is cemented or epoxied to the stock and the cylinders support the rifle's action. There are several ways to bed a rifle according to ones intended purposes and how much effort one cares to go to.įirst, is pillar bedding, where metal support cylinders are fitted into the enlarged stock screw channels.

This was easier and less messy than the two part epoxy and I had more time to work with it. I repeated these steps to get the proper build up of material for it to be properly bedded, the plastic bag worked and did not stick to the putty.Īfter the last application, I took it apart to find that the JB had formed to the shape of the recoil lug and the 1/2 inch under the chamber in the barrel channel. I put floor wax on the barrel for a release agent, I also used a single layer of sandwich baggie between the barrel and the putty.Īfter the first application, I waited for the dry time of the JB Weld to cure hoping that I didn't permanently stick the barrel to the stock forever. I followed the directions and applied it into the recoil lug and into the hollow part of the stock just in front of the recoil lug in the barrel channel. I had never used this product before and I thought before I do it that I should try it on my stock before attempting it on any other rifle. I thought I would try JB Weld Waterweld putty to bed my new rifle, it has a synthetic stock. I have tried all kinds of bedding material for wood and synthetic stocks, most of the epoxy types were messy and the rifle had to be reassembled in a short period of time before the product set up.