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Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:46 am
by mick_762
A good mate of mine is away O/S for work reasons and asked me if I would help him "finish off" his Tikka .338 Win Mag tart up.
Note: Ryan at no stage did any of the work himself, a mate did it for him. . .
Pulled it apart the other evening post Daisy Picking to start the process, Ryan would like the bedding redone as it looked a lil "off" as if Selly's Knead It had been used, a Kicken Trigger to be added and Missed to rub the timber.
Wow, what a surprise I got when I took the action out of the stock:
No recoil lug:
Cracked timber and "bedding" at the front action screw, which would have been acting as the recoil lug!!
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Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:02 am
by The Raven
What would have sheared the recoil lug off?
Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:05 am
by mick_762
The Raven wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:02 am
What would have sheared the recoil lug off?
Nothing - there wasnt one there to start with!!
Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:13 am
by Rabbitz
Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:14 am
by The Raven
Yikes!
So someone bedded it fully knowing the recoil lug was gone?
Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:44 am
by Camel
The numpty who did the first job probably either lost it or chucked it over his shoulder thinking that the bedding compound was stronger than steel, as some of them advertise.
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Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:03 am
by Gnome
Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:12 am
by Rabbitz
So a recoil lug is important?
Good to know.
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Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:18 pm
by trevort
Now you just hold a minute. The ‘R’ in RAF May be accurate but RAF stuff actually works.
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Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:40 pm
by Rabbitz
trevort wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:18 pm
Now you just hold a minute. The ‘R’ in RAF May be accurate but RAF stuff actually works.
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Precisely - this didn't work so does not qualify as RAF quality.
Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:58 pm
by trevort
That’s technical writing that is
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Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:06 pm
by lee_enfield223
went looking for a picture of the recoil block, also as was said before I think the person lost it
Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:11 pm
by The Raven
Lucky that didn't bite you Dave!
So even if the lug can be replaced that stock is pretty unsavagable, without a ton of work? Your mate will not be pleased.
Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:04 pm
by Camel
Nah Raven, that stock wouldnt take much to fix, a bit of wood glue and clamp the parts in place, then a good bedding job including a recoil lug. Not hard to do.
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Re: Bedding fail.
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:02 pm
by The Raven
Camel wrote: ↑Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:04 pm
Nah Raven, that stock wouldnt take much to fix, a bit of wood glue and clamp the parts in place, then a good bedding job including a recoil lug. Not hard to do.
Devcon recoil lug..... Just saying.