Glass bedding
02-24-2003, 06:40 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Body in SE WI, mind in U.P.
Posts: 4,781
RE: Glass bedding
You remove some of the wood around the receiver and replace it with a fiberglass/epoxy mixture which dries and conforms to the shape of the receiver. What you end up with is a more rigid stock that fits tightly around the receiver and minimizes changes in contact due to humidity and tem changes.
I bought an acraglass kit to fix a crack in an old stock, but now I' m considering bedding my .308.
I bought an acraglass kit to fix a crack in an old stock, but now I' m considering bedding my .308.
02-25-2003, 07:51 AM
#12
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
Posts: 6,270
RE: Glass bedding
All the advantages you mention for glass are correct. However, I don' t believe the Ruger 77' s have a barrel bolt. I had an M70 Win. Super Grade .375 H&H that I glass bedded. (STUPID!!) I just removed that barrel screw and put it away in case I ever traded the gun---it was a tack driver!!
03-03-2003, 06:35 PM
#13
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: sweet home oregon USA
Posts: 20
RE: Glass bedding
thank you guys for all your addvice i will play around with a little more , i still might do it , it shoots 1-1 1/2 at 100 yards with the right load now and it is not bedded so i don' t know what i will do but thanx for all the good info.
