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Ammo Smith
- Mar 11, 2013
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I got all the parts I needed to pillar bed the new Boyd's stock I bought for the M70 7RM I picked up back in the fall. Though I have bedded several rifles many years ago pillar bedding is a new experience for me and since I no longer have access to a mill or drill press it will be done with hand tools I have around the house.
The materials consist of Devcon 10110 and Ernies Bed Heads for the M70, masking tape, Kiwi neutral shoe polish and modeling clay.
As it turned out Body's didn't have the stock set up square in the CNC inletting machine and the action holes were drilled off center. To get everything in a straight line I had to drill out the holes over size starting with a 3/8" bit and going up each size till I got to my largest which was 9/16" (17/31" is recommended) this being done so the bit would follow the say hole and not split out chunks of wood and then use a dremel tool with a drum sander to enlarge the holes even more.
When cutting the pillars to fit the stock I started with the rear pillar and cut it with the dremel tool big mistake since I cut it too short and now was left with a decision to buy another kit or use what I had. So I used what I had and replaced the lost metal with a washer that came with the kit which just happened to be the right thickness. I waxed everything on the action that would come into contact with the epoxy except the pillars I also cut extra groves in the pillars to give more grip for the epoxy. The modeling clay was used to fill in spaces where I did want the epoxy to flow and taped up the wood to keep epoxy off it. It will get into places or on places you don't want it to and need to use enough that it over flows and spills out around the action and bottom holes but not too much so as not to have a mess.
The pictures are not pretty and the job isn't completed since I have to bed the recoil lug and first 2 inches of the barrel.
Everyone shows their completed work but wanted to show those who haven't done this what to expect when they attempt it and really isn't hard if you have a good inleted stock to work with.
There will be more pictures when I bed the recoil lug and barrel in Part #2 of this post.
The materials consist of Devcon 10110 and Ernies Bed Heads for the M70, masking tape, Kiwi neutral shoe polish and modeling clay.
As it turned out Body's didn't have the stock set up square in the CNC inletting machine and the action holes were drilled off center. To get everything in a straight line I had to drill out the holes over size starting with a 3/8" bit and going up each size till I got to my largest which was 9/16" (17/31" is recommended) this being done so the bit would follow the say hole and not split out chunks of wood and then use a dremel tool with a drum sander to enlarge the holes even more.
When cutting the pillars to fit the stock I started with the rear pillar and cut it with the dremel tool big mistake since I cut it too short and now was left with a decision to buy another kit or use what I had. So I used what I had and replaced the lost metal with a washer that came with the kit which just happened to be the right thickness. I waxed everything on the action that would come into contact with the epoxy except the pillars I also cut extra groves in the pillars to give more grip for the epoxy. The modeling clay was used to fill in spaces where I did want the epoxy to flow and taped up the wood to keep epoxy off it. It will get into places or on places you don't want it to and need to use enough that it over flows and spills out around the action and bottom holes but not too much so as not to have a mess.
The pictures are not pretty and the job isn't completed since I have to bed the recoil lug and first 2 inches of the barrel.
Everyone shows their completed work but wanted to show those who haven't done this what to expect when they attempt it and really isn't hard if you have a good inleted stock to work with.
There will be more pictures when I bed the recoil lug and barrel in Part #2 of this post.
