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    question on bedding a barrel to repaired stock...UPDATE..

    my savage anshutz model 64r was my very first firearm ever ....got at age 16.

    Here Is a picture of it as original...Attachment 283226




    i took it apart 40 years ago for some reason (to reblue i think) all the parts are there kept in a tupperware
    container.

    the stock was re-finished and wrapped up in a bed blanket and kept indoors for decades.
    so....i go to reassemble it and as i placed the barrel into the bed channel its still fit great ....except at the fore end of the stock
    it has developed a left bend three inches from the end. it wasn't too bad but it still needed cut off and replaced as it touched the
    barrel on the right but left a 1/4" gap on the left side.

    so i made a ebony stock tip to fit the end and am now in the process of making the added wood look the same shape as the replaced piece.

    sorry this i so long to get to the question....
    the barrel channel from the receiver has a 7/8" rounded groove in it....all except the new piece at the end.

    i've been looking for a 7/8" barrel bedding tool, and none were to be found.....
    OR would i be better off to use a 3/4" bedding tool which i have found and use it to ever-so-lightly remove wood until i get to 7/8"?

    does any of what i said make sense? thanks!
    Last edited by mozeppa; 05-20-2021 at 02:32 PM. Reason: update

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    your 3/4" tool will work fine although I would prefer one a little smaller, just watch what you are doing. Using something like inletting black will show you where you should work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 22cf45 View Post
    your 3/4" tool will work fine although I would prefer one a little smaller, just watch what you are doing. Using something like inletting black will show you where you should work.
    Phil

    This technique has worked well for me also.

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    Forgive my ignorance but I too have been having some bedding discussions lately...
    "What is a bedding tool?"
    Anyone have a picture & explanation of how it works?
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    Quote Originally Posted by OS OK View Post
    Forgive my ignorance but I too have been having some bedding discussions lately...
    "What is a bedding tool?"
    Anyone have a picture & explanation of how it works?
    it looks like this...and works like a hand plane ...only it scrapes a small amount of wood at a time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mozeppa View Post
    it looks like this...and works like a hand plane ...only it scrapes a small amount of wood at a time.
    Ahhhh, I think I get it?
    I had a small miss-alignment side to side in an old Winchester .22lr and made more clearance with an appropriate sized dowel wrapped in 80 grit sand paper.

    See...I told'Ya I was ignorant!
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    I like using homemade scrapers from bent hacksaw blades. They don't remove much wood per scrape, but that also means I don't make huge noticeable mistakes in a hurry.

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    I would use a 3/4" piece of PVC pipe wrapped with masking tape and sandpaper to open the channel.
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    UPDATE!

    got the anshutz done here's how she looks now

    put on the ebony piece at the front...found my pieces of Ivory the i bought many years ago...fashioned 2 diamonds out of it and inlaid them on the sides.
    after 42 years this is ready for competition!

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    Very nice work . . . that looks sweet.
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    The fix looks very good.

    I would have attached the top sling swivel at the stock wood, rather than the tip. That top sling swivel takes a lot of stress, out and down in a shoulder carry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rapier View Post
    The fix looks very good.

    I would have attached the top sling swivel at the stock wood, rather than the tip. That top sling swivel takes a lot of stress, out and down in a shoulder carry.
    and you can...the top swivel is in a metal channel and you can slide it rearward all the way to the trigger guard.

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    With that good of work you could probably make a little money doing it for others.

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