I have a manners stock that I have been considering bedding myself for some time. I understand there are plenty of youtube videos out there on it but looking for any helpful suggestions here before I take on the project.
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Robert Gradous has some excellent bedding videos on his youtube channel.
Richard Franklin made a video that showed how to bed a stock and a lot of other things, like chamber a barrel and whole bunch more. I'm not sure if he still sells them, but I have watched the one I got a bunch.
I think the point of wrapping the barrel in tape is to set the clearance for the barrel in the stock. Between that and the action screws, that's what sets your Z axis on the action relative to the stock. Without the tape, you would have to put a lot more torque on the action screws which could easily give you stress. The point is to have a stress free bedding job.
If you dry fit everything a time or two, you will see the purpose of the tape on the barrel. It will also let you know if your plan is good or needs some improvement.
Thank you, that is very helpful and makes complete sense. How thick are we supposed to make the wrap?
In the video I watched I believe he did 3 wraps. But i would watch it several times before doing so. Just to keep the i's dotted
Can you post those videos or PM them to me? I’m sure others will be interested as well if they end up in this thread after some forum searchingI was finally able to find a few good videos on YouTube that were made by actual gunsmiths. In all four videos they were bedding the action into a stock that has an aluminum block in it, my stock does as well so I was happy to see that. In two of the videos the gunsmith only bedded the recoil lug and the tang while in the other two videos they bedded the entire action.
Which is best or does it not really matter?
In one of the videos the gunsmith wrapped tape around the barrel but in the other three videos they didn't. I have read in other threads that you are supposed to and seen a number of other videos where they did as well.
What is the purpose of wrapping the barrel with tape and when should you do it or not do it?
Thanks
Which video did you watch?
Thank you, that is very helpful and makes complete sense. How thick are we supposed to make the wrap?
I used the Power Custom bedding studs when I bedded my fathers FN / Win 70 action into a McMillan stock a couple weeks ago. First time I had done a bedding job and looking back, I was way overthinking it. Kiwi shoe wax on all the surfaces I didn't want it to stick to, plumbers putty every place I didn't want the MarineTex to go, tape wrap on the barrel to center everything up, and dry fit 100 times to get good clearances before hand, removing as many high spots as possible and making sure the mag system worked properly. I didn't even remove the trigger, just encased it in plumbers putty and dry fit it to know exactly where the bedding would be filling in. It came out great.