Working on a Bell and Carlson

SgtTanner

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Good morning.

I’m doing prep work to paint the Bell and Carlson that came on my Win M70 Extreme Weather Stainless. As I was looking over it, mentally working thru which portions I need to mask off, the area where the rear action screw jumped out at me. This is the area circled in red in the pictures. Essentially, it looks like there’s a thin layer of fiberglass (or whatever material this thing is made of), then a gap of about a quarter inch, then the aluminum bedding block. This didn’t make sense to me. It didn’t seem like this thin flimsy spot would be where the action rests against the stock. I pressed on it a little with my finger, and it cracked. It’s still intact, as you can see, but no longer as strong as it once was.

Am I missing something? Did I just ruin my stock? Is this really the area that supports the clamping force of the rear action screw?
 

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EastMT

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I have one of these at home, I will pull the stock and see what it looks like under there, see if yours is defective or if that’s how it was made
 

CorbLand

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This is what mine looked like for my R700 before we bedded it.


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SgtTanner

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Just got a PM asking about the prep/paint process. I'll post it up here in case others are curious.

I didn't do anything novel. Fine sand paper to rough up/clean the stock. Acetone to clean. Taped off surfaces where the action/stock meet. A few coats of adhesion promoter. Several coats of Krylon Camoflage. I believe the specific color is called khaki. Then some of that "marblizing" paint. Once it's dried a few days, I'll clean it up and spray with matte clear coat. I'll post up a pic when I'm done. It'll look similar to the stock that CorbLand posted above.
 

VAHunter01

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Doesn’t look too surprising. A bit sloppy, but that’s been my experience with B&C.

I would hog it out a bit then bed it to your action.

I don’t have any B&Cs for M70s, but here is a Mcmillan you can compare. Sloppy bedding on the tang but it does it’s job.

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