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This was long ago in a galaxy far away, in the infancy of "glass" bedding. He was an old curmudgeonly type born around the turn of the last century. I truly wish he were around today, his work was 1st class old school. As I recall it wasn't a case of improper release agent, rather no release agent and completely epoxy bedded from tang to forearm tip.

He saved my 16 year old skin once by neatly boring the lead core out of the jacket of a bullet I managed to get stuck halfway down the bore of a Krag and then tried beating out with a cleaning rod. Lathe, 1/4" gun drill, custom bronze bushings to keep things centered, not a scratch in the rifling. Learned a couple valuable lessons that day, chief of which was "don't be a dumbass". (And don't substitute a jacketed bullet for a plain base cast bullet in a subsonic plinking cartridge.)

Thank you

Very nice Feral.

Al,

As I per usual, thanks for posting all the great info based on way more experience with the number of stocks done than most of use have done.

As for release agent, I've always just used paste wax or moly based mold release agent in spray form that has always been perfect.

And, for sure, play dough is much easier to remove than clay, when filling a hole or recess is required.

MM

Thanks, sir. -Al

I’ve often used what’s handy. A couple times - oops.

I know Kiwi has always worked well. I used car wax until someone here said it was a bad idea. I’ve used Brownells stuff a long time ago and it worked. I’ve used one-shot.

I’ve been using playdoh lately to keep glass from going where it aught not go.

Looks like I’ll be looking for Partall.

As far a bedding compound I’ve used most. The first or at least one of the first was a Brownells product that was messy - had to add fiber. Way too much of a liquid.

It looks like I’ll go back to a compound I’ve used in the past but when I didn’t find it, I used a gel that evidently doesn’t last long??? I didn’t know.