Gunsmithing Removing bedding methods?
- Thread starter woolin
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In a traditional stock you can use a dremel and various grinding and sanding bits to get it out. In an aluminum chassis you can use a heat to weaken it and chip it out.
How we do it:
This is our new VF-3SS. Being installed/assembled as I type this.
This is our new VF-3SS. Being installed/assembled as I type this.
Zip Strip gel will work, you can get it at most hardware stores. It will breakdown common bedding compound like steel epoxies or fiberglass based ones. It can remove finish as well, so be careful.
Rotary file in a drill works well enough.
Unless you're set up with a mill and fixture/tooling to hold the stock, carbide burr in a (shudder) Dremel.
This will get most of it:
Pretty nice to have the things it attaches to though.
R
Pretty nice to have the things it attaches to though.
R
I just finished re-bedding a stock this evening after work and thought I would show you what I did for reference. The Manners T4-A in the pics was originally bedded for a Deviant. I bedded it for a Surgeon Scalpel. I had to open up a small inlet for the bolt release with my mill, but other than that I didn't have to make any changes to the stock.
I have a Bridgeport mill in my garage that I use for hobby type stuff, and I have access to endmills like the one above, however, I really wanted to get as close to the pillars as possible without damaging them so I opted for a Dremel tool with a carbide rotary bit. I took some time and just removed the original bedding by hand. I would take thin pieces of paper and run it along the receiver every now and then just to find any place where I might be hitting the original bedding. (I used blue sharpie on the pillars along with a piece of paper to see how I was contacting the pillar. I would mark it, then put the paper there then seat the BA and would get an impression on the paper showing my contact.)
The rest of the pics below just show the stock prep, barreled action prep, and the final result (after milling away the excess in the receiver channel). I dammed up the barrel channel to try and create a clean line but it didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but it serves no purpose since I shimmed the barrel with tape to make it 100% free float. I was just trying to cover up as much of what I removed previously as possible. Not visible at all. Still some small areas with clay I need to clean up, but feel much more comfortable now with how things mate up in the stock.
I have a Bridgeport mill in my garage that I use for hobby type stuff, and I have access to endmills like the one above, however, I really wanted to get as close to the pillars as possible without damaging them so I opted for a Dremel tool with a carbide rotary bit. I took some time and just removed the original bedding by hand. I would take thin pieces of paper and run it along the receiver every now and then just to find any place where I might be hitting the original bedding. (I used blue sharpie on the pillars along with a piece of paper to see how I was contacting the pillar. I would mark it, then put the paper there then seat the BA and would get an impression on the paper showing my contact.)
The rest of the pics below just show the stock prep, barreled action prep, and the final result (after milling away the excess in the receiver channel). I dammed up the barrel channel to try and create a clean line but it didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, but it serves no purpose since I shimmed the barrel with tape to make it 100% free float. I was just trying to cover up as much of what I removed previously as possible. Not visible at all. Still some small areas with clay I need to clean up, but feel much more comfortable now with how things mate up in the stock.
