I just bought a used manners eh1 that has been bedded for a rem700 and barrel channel is proof sendero lite. I have an origin with a proof sendero that I would like to put in it. Looking for recommendations on a good smith that could rebed to my action, open the barrel channel a touch, and install the pillars that came with my Hawkins hunter bottom metal. Also curious on what the expected cost should be? Thought about trying it myself but don’t plan on doing this often and would like it done right.
Gunsmithing In need of stock work?
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Just out of curiosity I have a couple of questions. First is this in the right forum? Doesn’t seem like there are much for responses on the subject. Also this is the first rifle that I have wanted to get bedded along with a few other small things I have mentioned above and the first price I got was a minimum of $800. Maybe that is what the price is, I just didn’t think it would even be half that.
I charge $100.00 for a barrel channel inlet. The barrel gets probed for its exact contour and those digits are converted into what's called a revolved surface. From there, it's 3D surface machined using a CNC milling center. More time is spent programming than the setup work.
Bedding has 3 options:
-Surface machine inlet.
"Surfing" the stock is where we make a model of your action and machine the mirror into the stock. From a pure performance standpoint, it "runs" just like a bedded gun. Some may raise an eyebrow to this and that's fine. We've been offering this as a service now for around 3 or 4 years. It began in 2012 when I was awarded a service contract with Triple Canopy, Inc. and a semitruck full of M24's showed up. The guns were a mess and I had limited resources back then. The guns had been skin bedded with something resembling tapioca and it didn't go well. Surfing the stocks was about the only option. Students at Tiger Valley enrolled in the DDM course posted some of the highest scores ever recorded. That was the litmus test and they passed with flying colors. Surface machine bedding has about 85% of the presentation (fit/finish) quality of one of our full effort bedded pieces. Pillars are still used and we make those inhouse just like we do our other stuff. We don't touch the tangs on painted stocks and we try real hard to avoid having to mess with things like bolt handles/ejection ports/bolt release stuff.
This service is usually done on a blank or an alloy chassis type stock such as the Bell/Carlson or H/S types. It doesn't work on a Manner's Mini Chassis unless a guy does a whole lot of extra work because of the floormetal portion being an integral piece of the inlet. AI chassis have been done in the past, but again it's a great deal of extra work. There's an easier way to "get there" with these that avoids bedding.
-Skin bedding.
This is the type of bedding work most are familiar with. Clay up the action, slather in the compound and squish em together. No magical secrets here.
-LRI Pillar Bedding.
Our flagship service where no rock is left unturned. We start with a blank stock right from the mold and fit everything ourselves. Inlets are modeled/cnc machined, our exclusive ribbed pillar design is used, and tangs/hardware are blended to a 1:1 fit. Stocks must be painted afterward. We also cross pin the trigger/magazine well web. (and behind the recoil lug when required) We try like hell to make sure that we offer a service so absurdly
This is our maximum effort service that has been a hallmark of LRI since the day I opened the doors.
Bedding has 3 options:
-Surface machine inlet.
"Surfing" the stock is where we make a model of your action and machine the mirror into the stock. From a pure performance standpoint, it "runs" just like a bedded gun. Some may raise an eyebrow to this and that's fine. We've been offering this as a service now for around 3 or 4 years. It began in 2012 when I was awarded a service contract with Triple Canopy, Inc. and a semitruck full of M24's showed up. The guns were a mess and I had limited resources back then. The guns had been skin bedded with something resembling tapioca and it didn't go well. Surfing the stocks was about the only option. Students at Tiger Valley enrolled in the DDM course posted some of the highest scores ever recorded. That was the litmus test and they passed with flying colors. Surface machine bedding has about 85% of the presentation (fit/finish) quality of one of our full effort bedded pieces. Pillars are still used and we make those inhouse just like we do our other stuff. We don't touch the tangs on painted stocks and we try real hard to avoid having to mess with things like bolt handles/ejection ports/bolt release stuff.
This service is usually done on a blank or an alloy chassis type stock such as the Bell/Carlson or H/S types. It doesn't work on a Manner's Mini Chassis unless a guy does a whole lot of extra work because of the floormetal portion being an integral piece of the inlet. AI chassis have been done in the past, but again it's a great deal of extra work. There's an easier way to "get there" with these that avoids bedding.
-Skin bedding.
This is the type of bedding work most are familiar with. Clay up the action, slather in the compound and squish em together. No magical secrets here.
-LRI Pillar Bedding.
Our flagship service where no rock is left unturned. We start with a blank stock right from the mold and fit everything ourselves. Inlets are modeled/cnc machined, our exclusive ribbed pillar design is used, and tangs/hardware are blended to a 1:1 fit. Stocks must be painted afterward. We also cross pin the trigger/magazine well web. (and behind the recoil lug when required) We try like hell to make sure that we offer a service so absurdly
This is our maximum effort service that has been a hallmark of LRI since the day I opened the doors.
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