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Bedding/floating Question

Sir Martin
I took off the stock off of my Ruger 77/17 today and saw some things that i could improve on. Can anybody guide me to a website that explains the process of self bedding? also, would it be a wise idea to shave off a little bit of the stock to make it free floating??

Thanks,
Martin Janczak
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  • haroldchrismeyer
    Some people like them bedded, some like them free floated. It is easier to free float it(nothing but the receiver touching wood) and change it to bedded(everything touching wood(or bedding material) than to go the other way. I prefer the free float. Just finished doing it to my Ruger #1 in 22-250. If you get an accuglass bedding kit the instructions are in the box. I reccomend these kits for either free floating or bedded.
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  • Rimmer
    Martin, I agree with Harold, I prefer a free-floated barrel and a bedded action. Take enough wood out of the forearm so 1 or 2 business cards will slide between the barrel and stock when assembled.

    Most on-line retail stores have a bedding kit.

    Rich
    Ohio
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  • Der Gebirgsjager
    But..sometimes rifles shoot best with a bedded action, free floated barrel, and a pressure pad right at the tip of the forend. So, if free floating doesn't work as well as you'd like, try the pressure pad.
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  • JustC
    Nice to see you DG[8D]

    You have to determine FIRST,.how the gun wants to shoot. Determine if the stock/barrel is currently free-floated (dollar bill trick). Shoot a group with the best load you have found,..then take a business card and fold it over until you have to lift hard on the barrel to push the card in between the barrel and the forend of the stock. Shoot the same load that way and see if the group improves or degrades. That determines how to proceed. If it shoots better with the card,..you need to apply a foreward pressure point.

    why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
    Got Balistics?
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  • Sir Martin
    if i wanted to bed the action, how much wood would i have to scrape out of the stock to put in the bedding?. i think that i am going to float it, and bed the action.
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  • Hangfire
    At one time Brownells would send you a free copy of the instructions included in the Accra-Glas kit. You might give them a call. This is a really basic set of instructions, but you'll see whats involved.

    Just a word of caution... since I feel from your posts that you are relatively new to the firearm world glass-bedding is not for the feint hearted or uninitiated.Done incorrectley, you can permanently bond your wood to metal.Or, mixed in the wrong ratio and you end up with a never to dry gooey mess...Or a more brittle than glass bedding job.Do your homework with some reading and if at all possible look at some bedded stocks to see what the finished product looks like.

    Good Luck!!!

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob

    www.brownells.com
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  • haroldchrismeyer
    Hangfire, I know what you mean when you say it isn't for the feint hearted. I get nervous when I do one, and I have done many. Never messed up yet, but those of us that do this work know what can happen if you do. Maybe if we knew where he lived someone could give him a hand with it.
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  • Jim Rau
    When you hog out the area around the receiver take out enough wood so there is at least 1/8 of an inch of bedding material between the metal and wood.
    BUT be sure and leave a small amount of wood just in front of the recoil lug as a resting point for the receiver so it doesn't squeeze out all the bedding material when you tighten the action screws. AND MOST IMPORTANT!!! Use plenty of grease on the stock where you do not want the bedding to stick (like in the bbl channel), and plenty of release agent on ALL the metal parts that may come in contact with the bedding material.[;)]
    Hope this helped.
    Jim

    Self defence is an ablsolute and natural right. Keep your powder dry! J. Rau, Alaska
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  • Sir Martin
    yes this did help, thank you ALL for your time, and i will do my "homework" on bedding and see excacly how the proccess goes. Then i will decide weather i should do it, or some gunsmith. as far as floating, i think i can do that in an hour or so with some sandpaper.

    Martin Janczak
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  • Salvage33
    If you are going to remove wood from the stock, your best bet is to get a barrel chine tool and use it. Makes for a more uniform removal and keeps it rounded. Available at Brownell's.

    Just my two cents worth.

    John


    A penny saved is a congressional oversight!
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