Howa/Weatherby Vanguard bedding help.

[dakotakidd]

I have some brownells acra-release I think it's called I've used in the past. I also have hornady one shot, never used it but people say it works well.

 

[Mickey D]

I've used Johnson floor wax for ever and so far haven't stuck an action yet. Google will answer 99.9% of anything you need to know. We didn't have that when I was coming up so it was a lot of trial and error.
A lot of error on my part.

 

[dakotakidd]

I have only messed up one so far. Didn't glue it together but I did not turnout how I hoped. Ruger m77 with original acraglass, it's awful stuff from my one experience. About the consistency of maple syrup. It just ran all over the place.

 

[Rabbitracks]

Be sure to wrap tape around the barrel in the position you want it to be when the bedding hardens. Getting the action out takes some pounding usually, but that's due to the tight fitting of be bedding to the lug (if it on the barrel). Anyway it ain't easy at first.

 

[dakotakidd]

I've done a few rifles, just never a howa/vanguard, always Remingtons. I was just wondering how to go about the recoil lug beings how it has the action screw in the bottom of it. I think I have it all figured out. If this weather doesn't hold up the usps guy I'll have my stock today and maybe get it bedded tonight.

 

[Rabbitracks]

Get anoth set of screws with the same thread. When the bedding material gets hard back out the action screws, thread in the longer throw away screws and thread them in as far as is reasonable. Then use plastic or rubber headed hammer to pop out the action. Front, rear, then repeat.

 

[ofbandg]

Years ago I used acraglass a few times and it was okay if you mixed enough of the "floc" in to keep it from flowing all over the place but it was expensive and I knew some top flight gunsmiths who just used industrial grade epoxy purchased at hardware stores, so I switched. The rule they used was regular epoxy with mixed in powdered fabric dyes to match the colour (not easy process), when working on wood and liquid weld epoxy when working on fibreglass - and never tighten the stock screws when letting the glass set up - wrap the action and stock with surgical tubing to hold in place.

 

[dakotakidd]

With you on never using action screws during bedding. I'll use the bedding studs I made and wrap the action with electrical tape for pressure while the bedding is curing. Ive heard surgical tubing is ok, but I dont have any and Richard Franken's stress free bedding article uses electrical tape.

 

[gator378]

If you are bedding the action. tape is a good Bubba way to go. They make releasing agents you paint onto the action and other places you don't want the bedding material to stick to. Tkaes several coats, but cleans off easily enough and you have a tighter bedded action than the tape gives you. And go God's sake, DO NOT use duct tape...

I thought duct tape is the fix for all problems.

 

[Mickey D]

I thought duct tape is the fix for all problems.

I built a 30-06 out of duct tape once ...

 

[Capt RB]

With you on never using action screws during bedding. I'll use the bedding studs I made and wrap the action with electrical tape for pressure while the bedding is curing. Ive heard surgical tubing is ok, but I dont have any and Richard Franken's stress free bedding article uses electrical tape.

+1 on electrical tape.

 

[hesse]

I use the accu-glass gel. It is nice and thick Also use Scotch 88 black tape stretches and thicker than standard black tape. I also use Brownells spray release agent quick easy coating. Depends on the stock sometimes I'll do a little under the barrel about 3/4 to an inch and a half

 

[Rabbitracks]

If you use runny bedding material you're asking for trouble from overflow and getting into places you don't want it. If some should find it's way into the retaining screw wells, just us a drill bit and clean it out by hand twisting the bit. the rest of the clean up is mostly Dremel tool work. As for tightening the action to bottom out, the screws that came with the action will work fine if coated liberally with releasing agent, and no overflow into the screw holes. "...sometimes I'll do a little under the barrel about 3/4 to an inch and a half." is good advice!

 

[jasent]

Like already said don't tape the bottom of the lug. Just the sides and front. I don't bed the barrel at all since mine is now barrel nut barrel

For release agent I use wax for toilet bowl. Costed like $2 and got enough wax for a hundred bed jobs and fills the voids I don't want bedding very nice.
Devcon metal plastic has been the nicest bedding I've used