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Epoxy for aluminum pillars?

I figured I'd do it once and see what happened. The rifle I used it on definitely shot better/tighter after the job....I'm just too lazy to continue doing it and prefer to let the smith do it with an arguably better product.
 
Deputy819 said:
I figured I'd do it once and see what happened. The rifle I used it on definitely shot better/tighter after the job....I'm just too lazy to continue doing it and prefer to let the smith do it with an arguably better product.
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That's about exactly where I am. Figured I'd try my hand at this while Manners makes my stock. If it goes poorly or looks aweful, oh well. I'll have a qualified smith bed the Manners when it arrives
 
SavageHunter11 said:
That's about exactly where I am. Figured I'd try my hand at this while Manners makes my stock. If it goes poorly or looks aweful, oh well. I'll have a qualified smith bed the Manners when it arrives
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Practice on a .22 or even a pellet gun first, wear gloves, tape off anything you don't want epoxy on, have a solvent to wipe off any spills, and watch a bunch of youtube videos. It's not that hard and you will have more pride in doing it yourself. Just Dremel it out if you screw it up.
 
I've used both Devcon and JB Weld, I have pretty much decided to stick with JB weld since I don't do bedding for a living nor do I even do a bedding job every year, I had an entire container of Devcon harden to the point I couldn't get it out to use it, so I grabbed the JB weld! They both seem to give identical results, not sure about the shrinkage factor but have not noticed any issues with the rifles I've used the JB on! And by the way the JB doesn't harden in the container and can be used for alot of other projects, I use it for arrow inserts as well!
 
DUSTY NOGGIN said:
what color are the stocks gonna be .. that may lean you one way or the other

i do pillars set em . then bottom metal in another stage .. then action bedding . can get messy and weird trying to do all at once

+1 jb weld
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Right now it's a gloss wood stock with nice-ish checkering on the grips but I'm debating about painting it just to avoid the mess of tru-oil or whatever that birchwood casey finish is called. In the end its a $35 temporary stock I'm using for one deer season. If it isn't pretty and still kills a deer, I'm happy
 
Several that have been mentioned will work, the Marinetex will work great and is very strong, but most are, I have read that the epoxy that sets up slower are the ones to use, they are the hardest ! I would look up Action bedding also and see what most use, but I really think that most will do the job, but would stay away from the fast setting epoxies !
 
just mask it off lower on the stock and action so you dont see it.. it doesnt need to be overflowing to function great .. dremmel out a little channel so excess goes into the mag well or into the barrel channel trigger inlet
 
Why do you guys use and recommend using epoxy that is filled with metal that can rust?
 
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