Glass Bedding Question

[billk]

At what point in gun building do you glass bed the breech area? After the inletting is done or when the whole gun is almost complete? Do you also glass bed the tang?
Thank you,
Billk

 

[Old40Rod]

I'm no expert, but I did them on my two builds right after the breach plug/tang and barrel were inletted and underlugs installed and cut in the stock. If you were going to draw file a good bit of material off your barrel, it might make sense to wait until then. My goal was to get it bedded in the final installed position.

You shouldn't have to bed the tang, but there is no reason you couldn't if your inletting got a bit wide of the mark in a spot or two.

I can highly recommend Score-High Pro-Bed 2000, the brown mix. Its fool proof if you follow directions and make sure you get proper coverage of your chosen release agent. They supply a greenish paste wax with the kit. The 4 oz kit will do 2 or 3 rifle breeches no problem.

Those more experienced please chime in.

 

[Birddog6]

Get the barrel bedded, the tang shaped, bent & inletted. Take some modeling clay & a exacto knife or single edge razorblade & pack the end of the barrel at the breechplug with this and smooth it off even with the blade so it is even across & no divit there. File off any rough edges at the base of the tang. Apply the release agent to the barrel liberally & Be Sure to go past what you are bedding as the stuff will creep up the barrel channel when ya clamp it down. Apply the bedding under the tang & breech. Install the barrel push like H to make sure it get all the way back into the inlet. Clamp the barrel in & let it sit 24 hrs & then take it out.

IMHO, always best to bed first & then start cutting slots, dovetails, drill holes, etc., later as if you do any of those you have to fill them & you are creating places to lock the barrel in & make it harder to get out of the stock. The harder it is to get out of the stock, the more chance you have of breaking the stock..

 

[robertdale]

it is possible to inlet tight and not need to bed with compound. I have added a coat of crazy glue to harden the wood and it seems to last quite well. also be sure to seal all the inlets and holes well as this will help get the gun apart later, or if the weather /humidity changes.
just my 2 bits worth.

 

[MSW]

bedding the tang shouldn't be necessary, unless you've been a bit overenthusiastic with the chisel during the inletting. :redface: when i got all brave and made a stock from a blank, i managed to get the lock inset way too deep, and a bit of judicious bedding and some colourful language helped out a great deal (can't see the goof unless you have the thing apart and you know where to look.

so: tang, not really; breech area, sure- just don't glue the barrel to the stock: be really generous with the release agent.

my two cents worth

 

[Vaino]

If I use epoxy at all, it's behind the plug on the angled surface and not behind the bbl breech. There's more surface on the angled face to resist recoil and besides, there's no danger of gluing that area to the stock except the hole for the rear lockbolt has to be plugged......Fred

 

[smallmouth]

Let me add my two cents worth, on my major and in hind sight stupid mistakes. First, really think about the next step-- does what I am doing really make sense, or am I just doing it "because someone repeated a dumb idea, that THEY never tried themselves." Next for me anyway, should I walk away from this and look at it tomorrow? That said, take your time, use your head, and as always, good luck.

Sir John
p.s. good builders minimize their mistakes -- great one, have learned to hide them :wink:

 

[flintlockmdj]

Where do you get the Score-High Pro-bed 2000?

 

[billk]

scorehi.com