“Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want” Great video! I think people get more out of videos when problems are encountered and overcome, than when it goes perfectly.
Since part 1, i got out to develop load for my 6.5x47 PRS/NRL comp style rifle. And man o man, everything i read and heard about the x47 is 100% true. Razor sharp precision across many loads. Very easy to load for. 130 Berger Hybrid and H4350 are doing very well out of my 26” Hawk Hill barrel. Loving this series 👍
Nice job I remember my first bedding job I was a wreck thinking about it ! Tip for removing action from stock use a wood dowel in the back of the action leave it sticking out the back about a foot and you can use that for upward leverage working a back and forth action with the barrel.
If you have a chest freezer, sticking the gun overnight can help separating the two... Btw, clear shoe polish makes excellent release agent when bedding😉👍
One thing I have done to make sure I don't come up short of epoxy on a bedding job is to fill the cavity that will be occupied by the epoxy with clay. Remove the clay and put that volume in a graduated cylinder with water and determine the volume of water displaced by the clay. The volume displaced will be the minimum volume of material you will need for bedding. Mix extra to get to your comfort zone and you will not be short of material.
Great video Gavin I’m in the middle of a bedding job myself and about to machine the pillars for the action mounts , it’s an interesting process getting everything aligned , thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Its been 15 years now I think when I bed my first McMillan A5. My first real rifle custom. Had someone do the barrel and action work but I wanted to take on the bedding job. Never spent that much money on a stock. Now I have to put it in my father-in-laws mill and cutting on it them I had to try and not glue the action into the stock. I was nervous. I used Devcon titanium. Then I have to mill out for the box mag. Not a pretty or perfect job. But a good learning. The action and bedding came out nicely. But my finishing skills needed lots more patients and skill.
Please wear a respirator for your health. I've worked with composites for years and can tell you that fibers and lungs don't mix well. You can't really get that stuff out. That's the problem.
Not doubling down for sure, but the minute you mentioned the fiberglass, I had the same exact thought. Sandblasting open, and fiberglass are great silicosis killers. Be safe.
Yup, yup. Every benchrest gun builder seems to use "Plastic Steel" for bedding compound. I will say that retired gunmith Richard Franklin has some excellent videos on stock finishing, inletting with a mill, pillar bedding, etc.
This is too cool! I’m actually studying this precise subject currently! I appreciate the notes and the precision ie; figuring room for primer and paint for the trigger guard. Not surprising, considering the source, but as always simply amazing! The timing couldn’t be more perfect! Thank you!🙏🏽 Ps- ever consider creating a gunsmithing school or series of video’s? As if you’re already not too busy!🤣
I have bedded exactly one stock. By coincidence it is also 6.5X47 in an old Suel .22 stock. Some of the things you mentioned in your video would have been very helpful to me. I used a Bernard Model 8 receiver and the original Suel trigger guard. It is an ugly looking job but the gun shoots OK. It groups a little over 1/2” at 100 yds seems to do proportionally better at longer ranges which is strange. I have only shot two matches with it. I ukase a sling and shoot from prone. The first match was bad. There was a one minute shift I couldn’t explain. The second match was OK. I shot 197 in both relays. That is out of 200 possible. I don’t remember the X count but it was fairly low.
@@eisenshift5930 I own a shop building precision rifles. I primarily specialize in PRS-style rifles and long-range hunting rifles. But I've built more than a few benchrest rifle as well.
@@HS-qt3jr Thanks I appreciate your input. I've noticed quite a few people in the F class / Benchrest community are using recoil lugs now. Jim Borden still recommends glue in's when last I spoke with him. As with most things I'm going to have to try it out myself. I've got traditionally bedded rifles, I'm planning on trying a glue in and see if I can get any improvement. Again I do appreciate you taking the time to reply.
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“Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want”
Great video! I think people get more out of videos when problems are encountered and overcome, than when it goes perfectly.
Since part 1, i got out to develop load for my 6.5x47 PRS/NRL comp style rifle. And man o man, everything i read and heard about the x47 is 100% true. Razor sharp precision across many loads. Very easy to load for. 130 Berger Hybrid and H4350 are doing very well out of my 26” Hawk Hill barrel. Loving this series 👍
Videos like this make me appreciate the value of a good gunsmith. I would have buggered this up tremendously
As a retired toolmaker, this was so neat to watch....makes me itch for for my old Bridgeport mill.
Nice job I remember my first bedding job I was a wreck thinking about it ! Tip for removing action from stock use a wood dowel in the back of the action leave it sticking out the back about a foot and you can use that for upward leverage working a back and forth action with the barrel.
If you have a chest freezer, sticking the gun overnight can help separating the two...
Btw, clear shoe polish makes excellent release agent when bedding😉👍
Perfection is always a near disaster. That is something I have learned.
Since you have a lab grade scale now id like to see an auto powder dispenser shoot out. Love your videos and great source of knowledge
Devcon steel putty is awesome for bedding jobs. Very easy to work with.
Very informative. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has come close to epoxy disaster!
One thing I have done to make sure I don't come up short of epoxy on a bedding job is to fill the cavity that will be occupied by the epoxy with clay. Remove the clay and put that volume in a graduated cylinder with water and determine the volume of water displaced by the clay. The volume displaced will be the minimum volume of material you will need for bedding. Mix extra to get to your comfort zone and you will not be short of material.
I may have missed it but did you ever do a segment on the performance of this rifle? Accuracy? I appreciate your videos!
That was a nail-biter, Gavin! Nice job keeping your cool. Looking forward to paint.
Great video brother it's very interesting thanks for letting us tag along!!!
Great video Gavin I’m in the middle of a bedding job myself and about to machine the pillars for the action mounts , it’s an interesting process getting everything aligned , thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Enjoying seeing some more B Roll in these videos! Keep it up!
One tip. Use a shop vac to suck up the chips and keep the mess down while cutting.....
Phenomenal.... Very interesting to watch all your videos, concerning each particular topic.
Best regards from West Germany.
I’m preparing for a 6mm XC build so your videos are extremely helpful!
Its been 15 years now I think when I bed my first McMillan A5. My first real rifle custom. Had someone do the barrel and action work but I wanted to take on the bedding job. Never spent that much money on a stock. Now I have to put it in my father-in-laws mill and cutting on it them I had to try and not glue the action into the stock. I was nervous. I used Devcon titanium. Then I have to mill out for the box mag. Not a pretty or perfect job. But a good learning. The action and bedding came out nicely. But my finishing skills needed lots more patients and skill.
Please wear a respirator for your health. I've worked with composites for years and can tell you that fibers and lungs don't mix well. You can't really get that stuff out. That's the problem.
Not doubling down for sure, but the minute you mentioned the fiberglass, I had the same exact thought. Sandblasting open, and fiberglass are great silicosis killers. Be safe.
Really looking forward to the priming and painting episode!
Well done! I appreciate you showing the process of the build.
Glad you liked it!
Well executed, nice job and has always well explained.
Love your job.
For Australia 🦘
Bix n andy are awesome triggers. Has a 2 stage tac sport pro set a 2lbs first stage 2 ounces second.
Looks great so far!
Gavin, pretty good even with handling your panic bedding mode ......... Thanks !!
Finally been waiting for this video
I saw your trick for getting the air bubbles out.. lol
Glass (Devcon) bedding... "my scale took a DIVE!"
“The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,
Gang aft agley.
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
- Robert Burns (To A Mouse)
Way to go sir I only wish I new how to use those Machines
Lol you're about to chase your tail with real precision reloading welcome to the obsession.
Before you know it, he'll be doing vids on his brand new(well, new to him, Verne died 3 years ago) Jeunke machine🤣👍
13:30 Devcon; better to use the putty versus the Devcon liquid epoxy, wayyyy easier to work with (aka Devcon 10110)
Yup, yup. Every benchrest gun builder seems to use "Plastic Steel" for bedding compound.
I will say that retired gunmith Richard Franklin has some excellent videos on stock finishing, inletting with a mill, pillar bedding, etc.
Keep up the good work
Really surprised you don't have a shop vac to suck up the stock shavings
Great series. But I could not find part 3!
Awesome information!
Great video, Thanks for sharing
Going to be an awesome rifle, I’m kind of jealous lol
Brutal!!!!!!
This is too cool! I’m actually studying this precise subject currently! I appreciate the notes and the precision ie; figuring room for primer and paint for the trigger guard. Not surprising, considering the source, but as always simply amazing! The timing couldn’t be more perfect! Thank you!🙏🏽
Ps- ever consider creating a gunsmithing school or series of video’s? As if you’re already not too busy!🤣
I have bedded exactly one stock. By coincidence it is also 6.5X47 in an old Suel .22 stock. Some of the things you mentioned in your video would have been very helpful to me. I used a Bernard Model 8 receiver and the original Suel trigger guard. It is an ugly looking job but the gun shoots OK. It groups a little over 1/2” at 100 yds seems to do proportionally better at longer ranges which is strange. I have only shot two matches with it. I ukase a sling and shoot from prone. The first match was bad. There was a one minute shift I couldn’t explain. The second match was OK. I shot 197 in both relays. That is out of 200 possible. I don’t remember the X count but it was fairly low.
Gavin, what release agent do you use?
How are you coming on this rifle. Looks great !!! Definitely following you on this one.
I need big boy tools!
Holy high intro volume
You’re doing a great job are you building the rifle for customers?!
Dang engineers.
Do you glass bed and then install pillars or do you do that before bedding? I don’t want any bedding compound on my pillars. What say you?
What action do you suggest for a 7mm08 build so the 162 grain SST will be seated so the boat tail is out past the neck/shoulder junction?
you should do something about your spoken audio, the music is loud but when you speak I have to turn the volume up.
6ppc next or 22ppc
for a Benchrest gun, don't you want to not have the recoil lug and glue the action in?
You always want a recoil lug, and modern techniques work well enough to not have to glue the action in anymore.
@@HS-qt3jr Interesting, where does your information come from? I'm always willing to learn but, it's the internet and I'm always skeptical.
@@eisenshift5930 I own a shop building precision rifles. I primarily specialize in PRS-style rifles and long-range hunting rifles. But I've built more than a few benchrest rifle as well.
@@HS-qt3jr Thanks I appreciate your input. I've noticed quite a few people in the F class / Benchrest community are using recoil lugs now. Jim Borden still recommends glue in's when last I spoke with him. As with most things I'm going to have to try it out myself. I've got traditionally bedded rifles, I'm planning on trying a glue in and see if I can get any improvement. Again I do appreciate you taking the time to reply.
😘😘😘👍
nise job by butt .✓
No gloves or respirator while machining fiberglass ...... not smart Gavin, not smart. Even dumber for putting it on YT.
Any chance we could see something crazy in in the AK platform? Like a super accurate 6.5 Grendel AK? Or build your own Dragunov?
I'm shocked you haven't been banned. I just recently read the youtube guidelines on this type of content.
So why aren't you on other platforms?