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Dave...HALP!!! What did Sean use to get his stuff apart?!?!?!

Ru oh shaggy

no, actually it came right apart. a little rap and it popped. Looks very good, except right in front of the lug under the barrel I could have used a tad more. But for my first one, looks great. Ill let her sit a day to completely cure, and should be good to go. Thanks all!

Without pics it didn't happen. Just sayin.....

trew dat

Oh it happen alright Now that im wide awake, plenty of light, it looks like crap I didnt realize how much was missing in front of the lug. A little bubble behind the lug. If I turn it just right it doesnt look that bad Seriously though, for doing it in my computer room on an old towel at 830 after a long day at work it aint that bad....if I keep repeating this I might actually believe it!






Guy at work said dont worry bout in front of the lug, behind it is what really matters. Is what it is, might re-do it later.

He's right, probably. Shoot it and see. You can tweak the front part (or any or it, actually) as needed. It ain't concrete, after all...

What you have there isn't real pretty, but looks functional -so if you don't go exposing yourself, who knows?

I'm a big fan of function over looks, especially on something you'll not see under normal circumstances.

Shoot it, see if it works.

I'd say clean up the holes a little bit so there's a little clearance between the action screws and the bedding compound and shoot it and see how it does. No one is going to see what it looks like when you put it together. You notice I've never shown what my first bedding job looks like . It's always the most recent ones because with bedding, you do get better at it with every one you do. Atleast you gave it a try and got it seperated, your rifle will probably shoot a little better too.

I agree, drill those action screw holes, buckle it back together and shoot em up. Looks plenty good.

And he'd be wrong, for the most part.. I'd say a re-do would be a good thing..

Gotta admit though Lee, it's a might bit better than a squirt of New Haven hot glue....

At least the other guys were gentle with me and suggested it might work. Thanks alot Ill be breaking out the dremel in a few. Not sure ill post back with pics though, some of y'all are too blunt for me

Scares the heck out of me every time I do it, but I just got my Faux Sporter Deluxe M70 7mm Rem Mag done.

Nice!

And congrats.

The boxy lug of the M70 + the risk of ooze into the action from the forward screw hole lends it to common disaster. (if not done correctly)

Always nice to get one of those behind you.

Did avoid any major oozage there, but the real trick on this one was the fact that I was full length bedding because the stock inletting was kind of off. Used tape to center the barrel in the channel as always, but it was little tricky to get even coverage throughout the barrel channel without a major overflow.

Wow, ninja skills, I'm impressed.

Ok guys! Need your help here!

I WAS (operative word) trying to swap out stocks on my Ruger Hawkeye M77. Only ONE problem!

How damn tight did Ruger screw in that angle recoil lug! Google search indicates 95 ft-lb of torque!!! How the f*** do I get that damn screw undone? My FAT torque wrench only goes up to 60 ft-lb!! Trying not to bugger the screw head!! grrr!

Leo

Holy red assed baboons! That's a tight mo-fo!

95 ft lbs!!??

That has to be inch pounds.