ok folks, this is only my 2nd attempt at bedding a rifle, hopefully it will go better than my first attemp here's the progress so far.....
Got my rem700 in .338RUM, and picked up an alaskan II stock from B&C. this stock has the aluminum block in the stock. after reading around, i decided to go with erniethegunsmith.com and get his accurisers pillars.
http://www.erniethegunsmith.com/catalog/i186.html
first thing was to get rid of the pressure pad in the forend, so out with the dremel and sandpaper and to work. with that cleaned up i got the rifle taken apart and ready to test fit with the accuriser shims. took a few minutes of playing around, but finally got the right combination for the front and rear screws with no interference with the action/barrel and stock.
removal of the pressure pad
small holes drilled into the aluminum for a better mechanical lock
checking clearance of action and barrel
stock taped up and ready to go
action filled with clay
and finally, sitting in the epoxy curing
hopefully it will turn out ok. i may have needed to add a little more near the recoil lug. guess i'll find out tomorrow. if anything i'll have to add just a little bit to completely fill it.
tomorrow i'll break everything apart and see how i did. hopefully this will give me a stress free bedding job.
if it works well, i'll do it again with a rem700 7RM i have with a detachable mag.
Got my rem700 in .338RUM, and picked up an alaskan II stock from B&C. this stock has the aluminum block in the stock. after reading around, i decided to go with erniethegunsmith.com and get his accurisers pillars.
http://www.erniethegunsmith.com/catalog/i186.html
first thing was to get rid of the pressure pad in the forend, so out with the dremel and sandpaper and to work. with that cleaned up i got the rifle taken apart and ready to test fit with the accuriser shims. took a few minutes of playing around, but finally got the right combination for the front and rear screws with no interference with the action/barrel and stock.
removal of the pressure pad
small holes drilled into the aluminum for a better mechanical lock
checking clearance of action and barrel
stock taped up and ready to go
action filled with clay
and finally, sitting in the epoxy curing
hopefully it will turn out ok. i may have needed to add a little more near the recoil lug. guess i'll find out tomorrow. if anything i'll have to add just a little bit to completely fill it.
tomorrow i'll break everything apart and see how i did. hopefully this will give me a stress free bedding job.
if it works well, i'll do it again with a rem700 7RM i have with a detachable mag.