AusVarmint

is there a home handyman gunsmith in Melbourne willing to help.

I have tried to bed my Krico 22. Its worth about $300 though it is a nice little gun. And being a klutze Ive farked it. I let the beeding compound into the screw hole and not realising it I have damaged the thread of the screw trying to force it in.

So I need to get that fixed and do the bedding job. A gunsmith is gonna charge me near what the gun is worth i reckon.

Anyone here volunteer to fix at slab(s) rates plus any parts like bedding compound costs?

How bad is the compound in the screw hole? I'd just get a cheap tap and use that to clean up the thread. Grab a new screw if it's stuffed from an engineering supply shop or bunnings if you can find one there to match.
Is the rest of the bedding ok? Or do you need to grind it out?

the bedding was good except not sealing the action off with sticky tape meant some stuck in bits it wasnt meant to be in so it broke off when I took the action out. I had wrapped the trigger/magazine housing with masking tape but it got stuck going back in the stock and i ripped it off and just ploughed on. Getting the compound out isnt hard. Getting it in right is the problem!

I haven't done one in years, but a friend who works with composites fiberglass carbon fibre anything that can be set in a mold swears by using PVA wood glue as a release agent for complex shapes or plain old wax on flat smooth surfaces. The last one I did I bought a kit and came with a small tin of release agent which just peeled off like dried wood glue off of metal.

frl0173 wrote:I haven't done one in years, but a friend who works with composites fiberglass carbon fibre anything that can be set in a mold swears by using PVA wood glue as a release agent for complex shapes or plain old wax on flat smooth surfaces. The last one I did I bought a kit and came with a small tin of release agent which just peeled off like dried wood glue off of metal.

I think he means PVA release agent. Wood glue has filler in it to bulk it out, PVA release agent dries to a thin coat that peels off in hot water.

I use it for all bedding jobs as I don't wnat to fark it up.

G'day guys, I just finished bedding two stocks, one Boyds for Zastava m85 223 and the other is Richards Microfit for CZ 453, both times used boot polish for release agent, popped out like shelling peas. I only bedded around the tang and recoil lug and first inch of the barrel. I used Quick steel for the bedding. Watched the video from NZ, I think it is on the Trueflight Barrel site.

Can you post a pic of the problem.

pic isnt going to acheive anything. I dont want to touch it again. I will get it done properly was just hoping someone on here would do it cheaper than a "real" gunsmith

Bedding issues you say....?

I've just had a bedding job done recently and a rear ferrel added to the wifes match Bruno all for the hefty sum of $65 a bloody magnificent job. I had the rifle back in a few days.

The same Smith bedded my .270 a few months earlier before my very eyes, it was a 10 minute job and at the same price.

trevort wrote:pic isnt going to acheive anything. I dont want to touch it again. I will get it done properly was just hoping someone on here would do it cheaper than a "real" gunsmith

Fair enough, but as the saying goes a picture speaks a thousand words and it may give somebody an idea of how much work is involved. I'd be happy to help but I'm in NSW.

Hi Sean Ambrose, could you please let me know who did the pillar/bed job on your better half's bruno. I need the same job done (professionally) on mine. Cheers.

G'day HobbyGod,

I had Shane Simpson from Simpson Sports do the bedding. He's very sincere and a genuine bloke that knows his trade.

Regards

Sean

Good old simmo. He's a champion

Thanks Sean, I know Shane and I don't live too far away from him so that will work well. Excellent. Cheers, Brad.

I used to use the release agent that came with the bedding kits but know just use a thin even smear of automotive grease - works like a charm.

Marcus