Bought a stock some years ago, a 1903 C-stock from a fella who told me it had been glass bedded. Didn't have a rifle for it at the time and made the mistake of not taking a look at the bedding in the first three days. If I had, I would have returned it to him. Now, several years later, I got the stock out because I have a 1903A3 barreled receiver I want to put in it.
I stripped the outer finish and found some nice grain with some tiger striping on the butt on both sides and the wood is solid with very few defects. All good so far.
Now for the bad part. The rifle wasn't glass bedded to any standard method. instead, it looks like someone took a small paint brush and painted the entire inletted portions of the stock, including the trigger guard area, the receiver area and the barrel channel with acraglas or a similar two part epoxy. It's a mess.
I've sanded/scraped/shaped/inletted enough of the fiberglass up to get it to accept a barreled receiver, but I'd much prefer finding a chemical to strip every last bit out and start fresh so I know there's nothing hiding under the acraglas such as grease or damage that needs repair. Also, removing the acraglas and re-bedding the rifle's wood would make it CMP match eligible.
So if anyone knows of a top notch chemical stripper that removes acraglas, please let me know.
Thank you,