Bedding my howa 1500. Original bedding was soft and tacky

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Re: Is this bedding compound ment to be soft and tacky?

Post by Kelsey Cooter » 11 Dec 2018, 7:55 am

Bedded the rifle last night. I feel like it went well, only things I was a bit concerned about was if I didn't use enough devcon or if its going to be bubbly. Am I able to skim a bit of devcon and bed again if either happen? Or will I need to start again?
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Re: Is this bedding compound ment to be soft and tacky?

Post by Wm.Traynor » 11 Dec 2018, 12:18 pm

IMO
Not enough Devcon will look like the surface has an irregular, "pothole".
As for bubbles, you will only know if you see one on the surface of the Devcon. You can try to fill a pothole after scratching it up a bit but you risk over-filling. Too little might be the way to go. If you see a bubble, dig down to the wood and try again.
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Re: Is this bedding compound ment to be soft and tacky?

Post by marksman » 11 Dec 2018, 6:15 pm

better to start all over I'm afraid
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Re: Is this bedding compound ment to be soft and tacky?

Post by Kelsey Cooter » 11 Dec 2018, 7:13 pm

I separated the action from the stock tonight, there is a thin layer of devcon between the contact surface of the recoil block and the alloy. Am i right to scrape that devcon out?
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Re: Is this bedding compound ment to be soft and tacky?

Post by Kelsey Cooter » 11 Dec 2018, 8:56 pm

I'll expand on that ^^

The devcon is a very thin layer between the recoil lug and alloy block so it kind of broke a bit as I poped the action out. I had been told the devcon would do that anywhere it was to thin. And I think I read somewhere that I don't want devcon there as it will crumble under recoil? but if I scrape it out so the action sits a fraction further back doesn't that defeat the purpose of bedding?
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Re: Is this bedding compound ment to be soft and tacky?

Post by Member-Deleted » 11 Dec 2018, 9:54 pm

Would you have a pic of it KC
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Re: Is this bedding compound ment to be soft and tacky?

Post by Kelsey Cooter » 12 Dec 2018, 5:37 am

See it is cracked a bit, it also cracked under the recoil lug, but i figured that wasn't a drama as I taped for a gap on the underside
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Re: Bedding my howa 1500. Original bedding was soft and tack

Post by Member-Deleted » 12 Dec 2018, 7:39 am

Mate that doesn't look too bad and it looks like it's in a position where you could put a little epoxy into it and not have a problem with air locking but it doesn't look too bad if it doesn't move then I would give it a go but that's entirely up to you
Just tidy any loose stuff up with a dremmal or drill before putting any epoxy in if you decide to
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Re: Bedding my howa 1500. Original bedding was soft and tack

Post by marksman » 12 Dec 2018, 5:12 pm

you dont want contact under the lug anyway :wtf:
this can be avoided by not having 90 degree angles on the job
I have to go out and cull some roo's now and dont have the time to try and explain but I would not be worrying about it as long as the rear is ok :thumbsup:
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Re: Bedding my howa 1500. Original bedding was soft and tack

Post by Wm.Traynor » 12 Dec 2018, 7:28 pm

:thumbsup: Trim off the dags of extruded Devcon and test the bedding for rock at the tang and fore end tip. If it checks out OK, shoot It
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