Need info / pointers on bedding my rifle

[mugsie]

OK - you've all convinced me. I need to bed my rifle. I did a search but apparently a zillion articles match my search words. What do I need to know about bedding my Savage (other than don't get it locked in!). Any articles out there? How to's? Sites etc you could point me to? Thanks....

[teebirdhyzer]

not too long ago, I started a very similar thread to yours and received a wealth of information to help me out. I ended up completing a very successful bedding job on my .270 with walnut stock. here is the link

http://savageshooters.com/SavageForum/index.php/topic,42405.0.html

[TonyBen]

Thanks for this. I am prepping as well and this is very useful. If there is no pictorial, I'd be happy to take pics of mine and document the process even though I haven't done this type yet. As far as I know, there's no online pictorial of this kind of stuff. I did one for bedding an M14 and it ended up being very long. If it's already been done though, I don't want to reinvent the wheel.

I'm still in the process of finalizing my M14 bedding document but so far it's 75 pages long and that's not with all the pictures included yet.

Would anyone be interested in helping me write a document?

Tony.

[bsekf]

Here is a good article, they are doing a 700, but most is the same http://www.6mmbr.com/pillarbedding.html

In the Tech. Section look at Bedding 101 and Improving the Duramax.

[mugsie]

Do I bed the recoil lug too? such that it has a nice little cavity to slide into or only bed behind the lug?

[teebirdhyzer]

others may do differently, but on mine I carved out a little wood behind the lug so that the bedding material would have room to flow in and create a good tight fit. It is possible that some could flow around to the front, but it did not on mine. wouln't imagine it would harm anything if it did though.

[jsthntn247]

If you arn't sure if epoxy is supposed to go in front and/or behind the lug, DON'T ATTEMPT TO BED ONE YET, YOU ARE NOT READY. Read all 12 pages of this thread until you understand the process. I will be bedding my long range project this afternoon and will try and remember to take pictures of the process along the way. I learned how to bed one by reading this and have now bedded all mine, it has saved me over $1,000. Its easy just read.
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1167022&page=1

[Lion]

Maybe you will find some pics (http://savageshooters.com/SavageForum/index.php/topic,34454.0.html) helpfull.

Lion

[axio]

If you arn't sure if epoxy is supposed to go in front and/or behind the lug, DON'T ATTEMPT TO BED ONE YET, YOU ARE NOT READY. Read all 12 pages of this thread until you understand the process. I will be bedding my long range project this afternoon and will try and remember to take pictures of the process along the way. I learned how to bed one by reading this and have now bedded all mine, it has saved me over $1,000. Its easy just read.
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1167022&page=1


I used this same thread on snipershide to bed mine. As for pictures, here's a link to my Flickr account with pics I took during the process. Note that I did not remove the trigger, just masked it up and rubbed shoe polish on it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43479249@N02/sets/72157623530964108/

[JCalhoun]

Everything you need to know is found in the technical articles on the home page.



http://savageshooters.com/index.php

[TonyBen]

Thanks for the info guys...

[mugsie]

Thanks all. Well a couple of things happened after posting the original questions. 1) I realized the value of this site and feel that since I'm getting so much from it that I should be a paid up member - so today I send in my subscription for the next few years. I believe in contributing to something I find worthwhile. 2) I took jsthntn247's advice and read the entire 12 page article posted on Snipers Hide forum - great article and even better advice. Thank you jsthntn257. 3) I ordered the Devcon from Midway - ordered the 1 lb jar - feel so confident that if this first rifle works out well, and I don't see why it shouldn't, then I have several more to do!

I am not pillar bedding it however. It's a SSS stock which the action is sitting in. Do you think I should use pillars too or am I good to go the way it is? I guess I could always drill it out and add pillars later if I want yes?

Thanks all.

[leather5to1]

There are some great vids and tutorials on the internet, a little googling will get you there. I don't remember the sites or have links but I think one of them is on 6mmbr's website. If you take your time and are patient you will be fine, it takes me a couple of hours to bed with all the prep work. A couple of days in between for allowing it to setup good and but my first one took well over a week, I kept going over it again and again making sure I had everything coated and no areas for it to flow into and "lock" the action. Good luck

[mugsie]

Just finished it! Whew! Thanks to a lot of you on this forum, and some great articles on Snipers Hide forum, I attempted to bed my rifle. The prep was relatively easy, left the trigger group on but removed the scope. Used play dough and it filled in and removed nicely. Did learn a couple of things during the bedding process:

1) the guide screws - after cutting the heads off so they can slide into the pillars - slot the end. It makes it infinitely easier to slide a straight slot screwdriver in there when trying to remove them instead of getting a pliers around them and inducing stress. With the slot, they unscrew easily. Make sure they are taped and shoe polished well. Once they "break free" they're easy to remove.
2) Start the clean up process right after placing the barrel in the stock. I waited about an hour or so, but it would have been easier if I had started sooner.
3) use lots of tape. Especially in the recoil lug area. When you think it's taped well enough, add some more. Makes it easier to remove and clean up. The recoil lug area took a lot of cleaning up. I ended up leaving some along the sides and front. It's no where's near touching the lug, I dremmeled it all away, but it's not down to bare wood either.


All in all it was a relatively stress free "pun intended" experience. I'll finish torquing it down tomorrow and shoot it on Tuesday. I'll give a report.

Thanks everyone for all your help.