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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 1672282" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>I've only bedded a couple rifles so I've been reading up. On this last rifle I dropped an endmill back into the barrel channel and cut the front edge of the under-barrel bedding square. This worked because I had already been in there removing wood to lighten the stock so the bottom of the forearm channel was already flat. The Play-Doh dam did very little to contain the excess bedding epoxy. Finding modeling clay in this town on short notice wasn't happening. I do like the idea of taping the channel first. Had I done that the dam may have just moved forward en mass. Band of electrical tape on the barrel centered it in the notch at the front of the forearm.</p><p></p><p>One thing that I like to do is to gently roll that front edge of the bedding with sand paper. I don't want a sharp transition there. If the barrel does vibrate there I want it to "roll on" and "roll off" the front edge rather than "bending" over a sharp edge.</p><p></p><p>The action screws should pull a round action into the stock to keep it from rotating in the bedding. Given that, I tape the front, sides and bottoms of the recoil lugs so as to minimize damage done to the bedding with any R&R of the action from the stock. </p><p>Except for this Howa Mini, I didn't tape the bottom because the front action screw threads into the bottom of the recoil lug so the pillar needed to bear directly on the bottom of the lug.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 1672282, member: 93138"] I've only bedded a couple rifles so I've been reading up. On this last rifle I dropped an endmill back into the barrel channel and cut the front edge of the under-barrel bedding square. This worked because I had already been in there removing wood to lighten the stock so the bottom of the forearm channel was already flat. The Play-Doh dam did very little to contain the excess bedding epoxy. Finding modeling clay in this town on short notice wasn't happening. I do like the idea of taping the channel first. Had I done that the dam may have just moved forward en mass. Band of electrical tape on the barrel centered it in the notch at the front of the forearm. One thing that I like to do is to gently roll that front edge of the bedding with sand paper. I don't want a sharp transition there. If the barrel does vibrate there I want it to "roll on" and "roll off" the front edge rather than "bending" over a sharp edge. The action screws should pull a round action into the stock to keep it from rotating in the bedding. Given that, I tape the front, sides and bottoms of the recoil lugs so as to minimize damage done to the bedding with any R&R of the action from the stock. Except for this Howa Mini, I didn't tape the bottom because the front action screw threads into the bottom of the recoil lug so the pillar needed to bear directly on the bottom of the lug. [/QUOTE]
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