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Old 04-14-2004 | 03:33 PM
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bigcountry
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Default RE: question about glass bedding..

Yes, you can, but with most stocks I have seen from Boyds, they are rarely "drop In" replacements and need to be modified a tad by opening the inlet and possible removing some material, then glass bedded.

I have a good friend however that opens the inlet a whopping 1/8" or more on both side of the barrel then puts epoxy down, with the release agent, then presses the barreled action in to form. He puts an extra amount of pressure on the barrel to give the barrel room to "freefloat". It looks like a very nice job but takes an enormous amount of epoxy. He claims he gets the feel of wood without worrying about warping. He claims all the epoxy will keep the wood from soaking in water also. I have a feeling however, that the epoxy is not strong enough alone to keep the wood from shifting if it feel like it. but he only uses top notch walnut.
 
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