I have a Christensen Arms Rem 300 Ultra Mag that has a plain Jane black factory Remington synthetic stock. When I had the gun built, I had it glass bedded and have decided that I want to paint the stock similar to some of the HS Precision Stocks.

I had originally thought I would just mask everything off and paint the stock, but I was curious about pulling the stock off.

I haven't even messed around with this but is this even possible to pull the stock off once it has been glass bedded? I wasn't sure if it was possible, or better yet is it even wise to remove it once bedded?

If anyone has any insight on this I'd appreciate it before I decide to take this on.

Thank you

Usually there has been a release agent (carnuba wax or even celophane) applied to the underside of the barrel/action/block that allowed for removal of the lock/action/barrel from the stock. We would use car wax (turtle wax) when doing a bedding job on a rifle.

Maybe check with the smith who glass bedded it in the first place, but I can't see epoxying a rifle to the stock without a way to separate the two main pieces.

I had it done at Christensen Arms. I called too late today and they were closed.

So, you are thinking I should be able to pull it apart with no problems? And as far as reassembly it shouldn't affect the performance at all?

It doesn't hurt anything to remove a barreled action from a stock...but if it really is an injection molded plastic stock I wouldn't be surprized to find out that the "glass bedding" didn't adhere to the plastic. Hopefully it is a fiberglass or kevlar stock...

You should be able to clean all parts of a rifle.

Here is a link to a basic glass bedding job. The describe being able to take the rifle apart. http://riflestocks.tripod.com/bedding.html

Give them a call tomorrow, or Monday. Most likely they'll tell you that you are GTG. I'd loosen the screws that hold the stock to the barrel/action and see what happens. The bedding is only in the action area, and it should release easily.

Cool! I appreciate the heads-up. I didn't want to have to attempt to mask it off anyway. That would have been a near impossible endeavor.

Will I have any difficulty dislodging the action from the stock or should it just simply slide out freely? As far as re-assembly....any tips?

On my rifles that I have bedded myself, it takes some effort to get the barreled action out of the stock...it fits tight which is the way I want it. I use the scope for a handle and wiggle the stock as I pull.

There are lots of pictures and discussions on bedding rifles over on asrealasitgets.net

Butt of rifle on the floor against my foot, fore end of stock pointing at the ceiling in my left hand and scope in right hand = wiggle and pull.

Interesting, everything I have been reading is saying horizontally and straight up and out.

I sincerely wish you the best of luck.

I own two Christensen rifles- I believe they use Devcon as their beddig compound. Taking the rifles apart is a piece of cake. Remove the action screws and the action/stock pull right apart. Putting them back together, just make sure you torque the action screws appropriately (I used about 57 ft. lbs. of torque).

Part of the purpose of bedding an action is so that when you remove the action, it returns to exactly the same position when you put it back together.

I've never known CA to actually glue an action into a stock, but if you specifically requested it, they might have done it. If you remove the screws and the action does not remove with *very little* force (you should literally be able to just lift the action out of the stock with almost no force at all), then put the screws back in and call CA.