What do you you use to glue a action in the stock

[Valley firearms]

I have a sleeved Remington 700 that was glued in the stock. The bedding looks great and it looks like their is a clear glue or epoxy on parts of the sleeve . The action came loose from the stock.
Thank you
George Belford

 

[Dennis Sorensen]

I use Brownell's original Acraglas. Sand the old bedding, clean the metal... wipe with Acetone or Lacquer thinner... not lighter fluid or anything else with petroleum in it.

 

[alinwa]

rough it up, soak it in MEK overnite, JB weld.

al

 

[Jay Cutright]

What's MEK?

 

[Chisolm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butanone

 

[JerrySharrett]

J-B Industro Weld or Marine Tek.

MEK? A solvent like acetone, Methyl Ethyl Ketone.

 

[brian roberts]

Be very, VERY.......................

careful with that. Use that in a well-ventilated area, and I'd wear industrial gloves, heavier than household-type, that go up mid-forearm.

Just a thought..............

 

[alinwa]

OK,

good points , but I did say "soak it overnite." Yes, MEK is a powerful solvent. Me being The Safety Geek, I'd suspend it on a wire, outside. I learned a long time ago that when handling solvents it's not a good thing to wake up with the flavor of XYZ solvent in the back of one's throat.... I agree, Don't Get Any On Ya!!!

al

 

[Jay Cutright]

I just asked about the MEK because I'd never heard of it ,now you got me wondering why the lacquer thinner I've used isnt good enough.

 

[jwa]

Lawrence,
I feel that the safety issues are an important part of the answer to the question, keep it up.
Jerry

Jay,I apologize for getting off on an environmental/safety tangent regarding the issue of solvents. Please disregard my posts.

Lawrence

 

[Valley firearms]

Thanks everybody all fixed
George Belford

 

[Jay Cutright]

I didnt mind the warning. Its good to know ahead of time what I'm working with. (How many times have I cleaned paint off my skin with lacquer thinner???)
Every time I've glued one in I wiped the action down with lacquer thinner and used Devcon.
I'm using blued chrome-moly actions these days, will the MEK or the lacquer thinner hurt the finish if soaked over night.

 

[alinwa]

I don't know....

al

 

[Jay Cutright]

I don't know....

al

Has this ever happened before?

 

[Dennis Sorensen]

I'm using blued chrome-moly actions these days, will the MEK or the lacquer thinner hurt the finish if soaked over night.

I know lacquer thinner will not affect bluing. I am not familiar with MEK but I suspect it will not either...

 

[alinwa]

Has this ever happened before?

every day

al