Before bedding, the Savage 10FCP McMillan was capable of sub-0.5" groups (most groups were at or around 0.6"), with the best group of five @ 100yds being under a dime ES.
Well, the Devcon came in last Thursday and I decided to see if I could permanently weld the rifle into the McMillan this morning... Not really, I'm actually about 98% certain it'll come out.
The stock prior to prep:
A little fancy Dremel work:
I drilled holes and then cleaned everything prior to action prep - a layer of Kiwi shoe polish, then plumber's putty and silly putty in the open spots:
Another layer of Kiwi, some tape, and we were ready for final stock prep:
Mix and apply the Devcon:
Setting the action in the stock (I wasn't happy with the amount of excess material that came out so ended up pulling the action, applying more Devcon, and setting again):
T-11hrs and counting...
![2eb7mva.jpg](http://i42.tinypic.com/2eb7mva.jpg)
Well, the Devcon came in last Thursday and I decided to see if I could permanently weld the rifle into the McMillan this morning... Not really, I'm actually about 98% certain it'll come out.
The stock prior to prep:
![rr5s49.jpg](http://i42.tinypic.com/rr5s49.jpg)
A little fancy Dremel work:
![2c0z80.jpg](http://i40.tinypic.com/2c0z80.jpg)
![ranbtc.jpg](http://i41.tinypic.com/ranbtc.jpg)
I drilled holes and then cleaned everything prior to action prep - a layer of Kiwi shoe polish, then plumber's putty and silly putty in the open spots:
![2drb33n.jpg](http://i39.tinypic.com/2drb33n.jpg)
Another layer of Kiwi, some tape, and we were ready for final stock prep:
![k3f5i.jpg](http://i41.tinypic.com/k3f5i.jpg)
Mix and apply the Devcon:
![2mqvlut.jpg](http://i39.tinypic.com/2mqvlut.jpg)
Setting the action in the stock (I wasn't happy with the amount of excess material that came out so ended up pulling the action, applying more Devcon, and setting again):
![ddc19u.jpg](http://i44.tinypic.com/ddc19u.jpg)
T-11hrs and counting...
![3520mpv.jpg](http://i44.tinypic.com/3520mpv.jpg)