Anybody tried the Box O Truth guide to bedding a cheap rifle?

[Guest SUNTZU]

Here is the link.

http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/edu75.htm

[Guest Astra900]

I don't see why that won't work. Personally I can't see it being any easier than acraglass but that's just me. I might have to try it on an old mil-surp and find out.

[Guest 70below]

Veeeeeery interesting......I'd like to give that a try. Suntzu....I assume you're looking at doing this with your Mosin? Let us know how it works out if you do. I still need to pick up an M44.....too many wants. Wish they still offered them in crates of 20. It would be nice to stash.

[glockster157]

I have never tried this but if/when I do I think I would use standard 1 hour or 12 hour epoxy or golf shafting epoxy(same thing). I have used it several times to repair stocks and other wooden items and it works really well. It is hard but still just ever so slightly flexible but not compressible, plus it has a more clear-ish(light tan/whitish) color to it. JB's is very black/gray.

[Guest Fenris]

I repaired a split Shotgun stock with Gorilla glue and have considered doing something like this before I fire it again to make sure the stock and receiver are tight against one another.

I could also do this to my Mosin to see if I could tighten up its groups any.

[Guest GUTTERbOY]

I've bedded a rifle before, but not using car wax and JB Weld. I bought a kit from Midway to do my Savage. Outside of the material differences, I did a couple of other things different as well.

The main difference from their method was that I didn't use my action screws when I bedded it. Instead, I went to Lowe's and bought a pair of bolts with matching threads. Then I cut the heads off the bolts and screwed them into the action. Added a little 3M blue tape as necessary to get them to fit snugly into the stock holes, and now I had a set of posts to locate the action. Easier IMO than trying to screw the action in while there's compound in the stock. To hold the action in while the compound cured, I used surgical tubing.

I saw my groups tighten up noticeably after bedding.

[Guest Mugster]

I've used plastic wood and crisco to get it in and out. I think it holds up a little better than glass. Have to give that a try. I rehabbed the old 10/22 with a $50 investment in a barrel and stock. Why not tune it up a little?

[Guest 70below]

This looks like a good thread addition for "you might be a redneck if......" lol. Seriously though, it just goes to show you that it if you're not shooting in a $100,000 match, bedding can be done for a lot less and have good results.