bedding the action

[swarovski]

Hi all, devcon seems to be the gear to do it but which devcon, steel putty, titanium putty.........?
​need a full description please, regards swaro

 

[Jager SA]

Steel putty mate.

 

[swarovski]

How much does it costs

 

[Jager SA]

How much does it costs

​Shop around mate, J&L do it or you could look at Ballistic Research.

 

[Monkey Spanker]

​Shop around mate, J&L do it or you could look at Ballistic Research.

Might get you to bed my 25.06! How much is a bedding job?
MS

 

[Hornet 6]

I just paid £35 for a tub of steel putty from Cromwell Tools.

Neil.

 

[Jager SA]

Might get you to bed my 25.06! How much is a bedding job?
MS

Looking at around £130 with pillars.

 

[Jager SA]

I just paid £35 for a tub of steel putty from Cromwell Tools.

Neil.

​Think that's about the right money Neil. It is good stuff, but any 2 part epoxy will do the job.

 

[aaronbott]

​Think that's about the right money Neil. It is good stuff, but any 2 part epoxy will do the job.

wouldn't like to bed with 5 minute epoxy !

 

[Hornet 6]

wouldn't like to bed with 5 minute epoxy !

Once you have done a few 5 minute epoxy is fine mate, crack on

Neil.

 

[Jager SA]

wouldn't like to bed with 5 minute epoxy !

It'll be fun...can I watch...

 

[Hornet 6]

It'll be fun...can I watch...

Not 5 minute epoxy, but plastic padding, indoors, lasted less than 5 minutes before it was hard.



​Neil.
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[Jager SA]

Not 5 minute epoxy, but plastic padding, indoors, lasted less than 5 minutes before it was hard.

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​Neil.
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Tell me about it, thought I'd give it a try...mixed up the tube, started to apply, not 30 seconds in it was hard! Lol

Quickest fiver I've wasted.

 

[Hornet 6]

Tell me about it, thought I'd give it a try...mixed up the tube, started to apply, not 30 seconds in it was hard! Lol

Quickest fiver I've wasted.

I got mine done before it became unworkable

Neil.

 

[swarovski]

My mate had some bedding compound and we bedded my old 695, I loaded up some 155gr scenars and put 4 shots into 0.640 oai and let the 5th go and still shot into 0.986 oai at 300yds

 

[swarovski]

What is the best substance to coat the action etc before bedding

 

[night stalker]

When I did my 222 I used kiwi natural shoe polish as a release agent and it popped straight out

​Rick

 

[bk]

Kiwi or carnauba wax

 

[Sharpie]

Plastic Padding is not just the cheap acrylic stuff for bodging rusty cars.

I've used their marine epoxy filler, also their super steel epoxy weld, with success.

Both have 5 minute set times, so I chill them in the fridge and work in cool conditions, to extend setting to about 15 minutes which is plenty.

When sorted, warm everything up, e.g. airing cupboard, an hour later you can take things apart and carry on.

http://www.fibreglassdirect.co.uk/marine-epoxy-filler.html

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_242097_langId_-1_categoryId_255230


PS: keep them in the fridge and they will last years. I'm still using some gelcoat repair which is at least 5 years old.

 

[charadam]

"Both have 5 minute set times, so I chill them in the fridge and work in cool conditions, to extend setting to about 15 minutes which is plenty."

As Sharpie said. Bloody good advice, that I had forgotten.

Thank you SD!