need someone to glass bed a shotgun stock

[Cochise]

So, I have a Remington Model 11 which I found a replacement stock for. The stock fits but there is a maybe 1/32 gap of daylight between the stock and the receiver that needs to go away.
I assume Acraglas is the solution.
Is there someone in Montgomery Howard or Frederick Counties that can and would do this? It seems like a simple repair and I would rather not ship the gun if I can avoid it

 

[John from MD]

So, I have a Remington Model 11 which I found a replacement stock for. The stock fits but there is a maybe 1/32 gap of daylight between the stock and the receiver that needs to go away.
I assume Acraglas is the solution.
Is there someone in Montgomery Howard or Frederick Counties that can and would do this? It seems like a simple repair and I would rather not ship the gun if I can avoid it

Having bedded thousands of stocks, I can tell you a couple of things.

One, in today's economy, if you find someone to do it, you are going to pay dearly for it. The reason is that it is labor intensive based on the amount of gaps that have to be filled with clay and coated with release agent. In some cases, the receiver can't be done all at once and must be done in stages.

Two, matching the color and look of the stock is again labor intensive. I have had to take a piece of hidden butt stock and grind it up to mix with the Acraglas to make the bedding look as close as possible to the stock. This can't be done on very thin areas as adding the wood weakens the strength of the bedding compound.

If you are planning to use this gun as a shooter, I would say ignore the 1/32 inch gap and shoot it as is.

 

[Cochise]

Thanks, I think it needs to be bedded as the area with the gap is where the recoil forces will hit the stock. It is a pretty simple area, kind of a rectangle with a square plug in the center. I don't think the trigger guard and top tang area need to be bedded, maybe the tang screw hole but there is a metal insert there already from the factory

 

[usa259]

Isn't the barrel part of the action like the Browning a5? I'm missing why you would bed this situation? If I'm confusing the situation, sorry.

 

[Cochise]

not bedding for accuracy (its a shotgun) bedding the butt stock to the receiver for strength. The pic is of a different Model 11 btw.

 

[Doco Overboard]

The tough part will be managing the recoil spring tube in the butt stock when glass bedding. Not undoable just a small hurdle.
I would take a look at the upper and lower tangs too to determine how tight they are before mixing any glass up.
Also if there’s punky oil soaked wood in there, that needs to go too.
For a 1/32 gap, Mix black dye in with some Agra glass gel.
Cracked broken wrists are not uncommon on the A5’s or recoil operated Savage / Remingtons.
Any local gunsmith should be able to do this relatively without extraordinary cost and
with good results.
Some bedding or repair jobs are like painting, 85% preparation 15% application.

 

[sxs]

I don't know the Model 11 well enough to say for sure, but it is similar in appearance to a Browning A5 and I'm pretty sure the stock has to be fit, not necessarily glassed. Give Scott's Gunsmithing a call. He doesn't do a ton of stockwork, but does do fitting stock replacements. Talking to him should give you some idea if glassing or fitting are needed. 410 761 9815