Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors Anyone up for another Model 70 bedding thread??,

I've been hooked on Devcon 10110 for a while now. I know a lot of guys swear by the marine tex for McMillan stocks. One thing about the devcon I notice is it is very runny. I've glass bedded with JB weld and accraglass and believe it or not, I like the consistency of the JB weld better than just about anything. However, I don't believe it to be as strong as the Devcon. I've actually been tempted to try some splash zone (industrial marine grade) we have at work for repairing holes in ship hulls underwater .... That stuff seems to be about as bullet proof of an epoxy as you can get

BSA, if you like JB Weld, you'll find the same consistency with Marine Tex. Just from this one use, I am thinking it'll get used a bunch more. It was very easy to mix, work with and clean up.

I just washed my hands with soap and water, and it takes off the wet Marine Tex without problems. Much more better'er than AcraGel or Devcon.

I like the sounds of that. Where's the best place to find it???

I got mine from Brownells, along with a set of Power Bedding Studs. Great addition to my kit.

I believe I will have enough in this kit to do quite a few rifles and Pat says the stuff lasts a long time on the shelf which AcraGel doe not in my experience. Pretty reasonable in cost as well.

Thanks, I'll be giving it a try for sure..

Marine Tex is available at virtually any ships chandler.

Yeah, if you are going to be down here again this year I hope we don't get as much rain as we did last year! I think your McMillan will be just the ticket if we do get it though. I do like the wood on my 300 as well, but the blue swirly will be better in wet weather. I also wanted to thank oregon45 for giving me such a great deal on his blue swirly. He knew I was eyeballing it a long time ago because everytime he posted a pic of his rifle, I'd comment on it. Seems like I've been bedding a rifle a week around here and this one is next on the list. I'm also running low on Devcon, so I may have to buy some marine tex and try it on the next one. Wish me luck guys

Scotty, that turned out awesome!! I like the camo with the red pad. Very classy looking!!!

BSA - I'm also liking the blue! Very cool, and different.

Eric

I'm hoping you guys aren't thinking it would look more fitting on a 270

BSA - It's okay to be "different"... We all support you, buddy. lol.

Eric

Ha ha. Well, here is what it looks like:



It's sitting in Devcon 10110 right now. That's why the barrel has the electrical tape on it: Centers the barrel in the channel. This one was easy. Just took a bit off of the pad the front action screw goes thru to lower the action down into the stock so the barrel and receiver is in the stock where it should be. I forgive you McMillan. I've never not had to dremel a Mcmillan before glass bedding. I also had to dremel a little from one side of the tang to get the barrel more centered. Other than that, it went pretty good. Here it is from a different angle and in the rifle rest. I'll pull the action out of the stock tomorrow afternoon when I get home from work:



This rifle has always been a shooter and it will still shoot awesome in this swirly micky stock. However, now I don't have to worry about banging the nice wood around.

2008 Limited edition 300WSM
Nikon Monarch 2.5-10x42
Talley lows
blue/white swirl Hunters Compact Mcmillan
Free floated the barrel and glass bedded the recoil lug and tang with Devcon 10110
Ernie the gunsmith trigger sprig for the MOA trigger: 2 3/8 pound pull wt.
Stainless Extreme Weather fluted barrel

Looking good! Glad to see that stock on a 300 WSM again.

My daughter would love that stock she loves blue and white... I need to get one for my wife's 280... I need to find a model 70 for my daughter as well.

Thanks my friend. It was like the perfect match as far as I'm concerned. I really like it...

Hey your Minnie me slavek is on the prowl

Ha ha. I thought you and him were the same person, just different screen names

Lol here I thought you and TAK were one in the same too weird

The recipe for that stock is 60/40 light blue and white.

Lookin' good!!!

Yeah, but does she shoot? .. Eric, a friend of mine sat down to shoot this rifle a few months ago and in the sitting position, shot a 3/4" 3 shot group .. He's an aerospace engineer and begged me to sell this thing to him after firing it. He also made me shoot that load over his chrono because he thought it would show some good numbers. I think the SD was 9 or something like that. His chrono is way fancier than mine and it was an eye opener. I'm thinking this thing will still shoot good with this micky