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Bring it over to my place and we will see how to fix it. I have made several stocks from scratch and bedded quite a few. Not a pro, but I bet we can get it fixed. If you don't remember where I live, pm me. Vince
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One trick I like depending on the bedding compound is get a hair dryer set on high or a heat gun set on low and heat the bedding up gradually then using a screw flat head screw driver just gouge it out. Once you get the compound the right temp it goes to the consistency of hard cheese and is much easier to remove then trying to grind. To check the temp while you heating just use the screw driver to check for softness. Don't over heat the bedding compound or it will burn and that smells bad and could damage your stock. If you have a lot of bedding in your stock then you may have to heat it up few times. I'd done this one four or five stocks at this point and it takes a dirty long job of grinding and makes it a half an hour job.
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One trick I like depending on the bedding compound is get a hair dryer set on high or a heat gun set on low and heat the bedding up gradually then using a screw flat head screw driver just gouge it out. Once you get the compound the right temp it goes to the consistency of hard cheese and is much easier to remove then trying to grind. To check the temp while you heating just use the screw driver to check for softness. Don't over heat the bedding compound or it will burn and that smells bad and could damage your stock. If you have a lot of bedding in your stock then you may have to heat it up few times. I'd done this one four or five stocks at this point and it takes a dirty long job of grinding and makes it a half an hour job. I would be very concerned about overheating the stock and weakening it...and ALL of the heated bedding has to come out.
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If it was a synthetic stock I would not do it, but the ones I have messed are wood and they were no problem. I'm just a hobbiest. I know there are some guys on here who are wizards with metal and wood work. So listen to them for sure. If all else fails take it to a smith you trust and pay to have it done. May not be what you want to hear, but ultimately cheaper then spending hours of frustration and ultimately buying a new stock when the one you have is so messed up its a lost cause.
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3. The fuel on the ground
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Bedding job gone wrong ---->>>> buying a new stock! WTH? Come on, give the OP some credit - he messed up an epoxy job - doesn't mean he's a retard like 320Keith (Larry Root)... LOL If it was a synthetic stock I would not do it, but the ones I have messed are wood and they were no problem. I'm just a hobbiest. I know there are some guys on here who are wizards with metal and wood work. So listen to them for sure. If all else fails take it to a smith you trust and pay to have it done. May not be what you want to hear, but ultimately cheaper then spending hours of frustration and ultimately buying a new stock when the one you have is so messed up its a lost cause.
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I've bought two rifles with bedding jobs just as you've noted. One was long ago at a gun show and I paid half price for that 03-A3. This spring I got one on Gunbroker. The sell was gifted at taking pictures and lacking at full disclosure.
I've bedded a few stocks. Early on I bought a channel tool that took out unneeded material. That's how I cleaned out the barrel channels the action area was a little harder. I used a chisel for some of it and on this last one used a moto tool. Remember to clean out under the recoil lug.
Mule Deer had an article quite a while ago on bedding. PM him, he'll probably let you know where it is or give you a link.
His method is the easiest I've seen. I use a more complicated method but can't say it's better.
I prefer classic.
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Remove a lot if not all of your bedding attempt. Then re-do it.
You simply had too much bedding compound in the action recess and you did not have it squeezed down
When you re-do it, wrap electric tape around your barrel somewhere in front of the bedded area. This tape will do two things.
a. float the barrel the height that you want
b. center the barrel in the channel
Try the barreled action in the stock before adding the bedding compound and adjust as necessary. Use a good deal less compound.
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Ok, I thought I'd wrap up this thread. I appreciate everyone's input even the ones that thought/think I'm an idiot for trying to do it myself...
So to summarize, did my 2nd ever bedding job. The first one I did turned out great and turned a 3 MOA rifle into 1 MOA. The second one, because I wasn't being careful and/or paying attention it turned out really badly. So I used a dremel tool and took out all the bedding material. Then I put it away for a while due to traveling for work and other obligations. A couple of weeks ago I dragged it out again with the intention of re-doing the bedding job. While looking it over I heard the words of a couple of respondents to my thread saying (paraphrased) a piece of @#$% stock with a good bedding job is still a piece of @#$% stock. So I ordered a Boyd Classic laminate stock. When it gets here I will probably try it as is and see how it shoots.
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Ok, I thought I'd wrap up this thread. I appreciate everyone's input even the ones that thought/think I'm an idiot for trying to do it myself...
So to summarize, did my 2nd ever bedding job. The first one I did turned out great and turned a 3 MOA rifle into 1 MOA. The second one, because I wasn't being careful and/or paying attention it turned out really badly. So I used a dremel tool and took out all the bedding material. Then I put it away for a while due to traveling for work and other obligations. A couple of weeks ago I dragged it out again with the intention of re-doing the bedding job. While looking it over I heard the words of a couple of respondents to my thread saying (paraphrased) a piece of @#$% stock with a good bedding job is still a piece of @#$% stock. So I ordered a Boyd Classic laminate stock. When it gets here I will probably try it as is and see how it shoots. A POS unbedded laminate stock is still a POS...
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Yup, understood.. Will cross that bridge when I get to it.
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