Thread: DIY Gunsmithing mistakes

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Ok pictures
But me fixing someone else's DIY

I recently acquired a Parker Hale Whitworth after a long search
It's a very nice Whitworth and was set up for long range competition shooting
And has been glass bedded for the first 300mm

So I get it home and after a few weeks I think I will strip it down and clean it all and sort a few minor things
Shock horror it's epoxy bedded permanently into to stock
Now I'm thinking this was intended because he was shooting it long range

I parked it for a few months to consider this unexpected problem

Then after some good advise I took a huge chunk of alloy
Milled a channel to exactly match the barrel profile at the epoxy bedded area but not deep enough to touch the stock wood
Placed a cloths iron on it for around 15 minutes to get it evenly hot
Lightly lifted to barrel at the muzzle and there was a small click and it lifted out

Confirmed my original suspicion that this was no accident
There was not a trace of releasing agent
But it was a good bedding job and the rifle is showing good accuracy potential