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DoctorXring · December 14, 2010, 08:26 PM

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+1 on this choice. It's all I've used for the past 20 years. Devcon
steel putty. Paste wax for release agent. This compound is hard/tough
and has very little shrinkage. Many benchrest gunsmiths will use
nothing else. My second choice would be AcraGlass Gel from
Brownell's if you have to use a 50/50 type compound. You will
have to weigh the Devcon components on your powder scale.

Metal filled epoxy compounds are superior to resin only.

Here's a link --

http://www.devcon.com/products/produ...m?familyid=101

For metal prep, clean your metal twice with alcohol or acetone. Then wipe on a thin coat of paste wax or neutral shoe polish. Buff. Recoat. Buff lightly with kleenex. You are ready. Epoxies will NOT stick to wax. Wax coat any metal that you even think might come in contact with epoxy. Do your thing inside at room temperature. That's total crap about putting the metal in an oven for warming.

Pillar bedding is a great idea for an action that it caters to. Definitely the way to go for a target rifle. May be overkill for a hunter or plinker. I bedded many rifles that shot aces before Dave Hall came along with pillar
bedding. But I do it now as standard. I even pillar bedded my K31.

good shooting, dxr

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December 14, 2010, 08:26 PM	#4
DoctorXring Senior Member Join Date: April 30, 2002 Location: The Republic of Texas Posts: 392	Devcon Steel Putty . +1 on this choice. It's all I've used for the past 20 years. Devcon steel putty. Paste wax for release agent. This compound is hard/tough and has very little shrinkage. Many benchrest gunsmiths will use nothing else. My second choice would be AcraGlass Gel from Brownell's if you have to use a 50/50 type compound. You will have to weigh the Devcon components on your powder scale. Metal filled epoxy compounds are superior to resin only. Here's a link -- http://www.devcon.com/products/produ...m?familyid=101 For metal prep, clean your metal twice with alcohol or acetone. Then wipe on a thin coat of paste wax or neutral shoe polish. Buff. Recoat. Buff lightly with kleenex. You are ready. Epoxies will NOT stick to wax. Wax coat any metal that you even think might come in contact with epoxy. Do your thing inside at room temperature. That's total crap about putting the metal in an oven for warming. Pillar bedding is a great idea for an action that it caters to. Definitely the way to go for a target rifle. May be overkill for a hunter or plinker. I bedded many rifles that shot aces before Dave Hall came along with pillar bedding. But I do it now as standard. I even pillar bedded my K31. good shooting, dxr . Last edited by DoctorXring; December 14, 2010 at 08:56 PM.