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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1672485" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Not sure what you mean, <u><em>"The guy that taught me how to bed a rifle said "I always bed about 1.5-2" under the barrel channel (shank) when bedding a rifle.",</em></u> what area are you writing about? I was taught to glass bed the entire recoil lug area, plus 4 inches in front of the recoil lug, and....then float the rest of the barrel to the forend. I relieve the entire area around the recoil lug and the entire length of the barrel channel. Usually I will use a "Sharpy" felt tipped marker, placing the marker against the barrel and marking the wood the entire length of the barrel. With that done I remove the barrel/action and use a Dremmel tool with a sanding drum to remove the wood to the outside edge of the black mark on the stock; usually about 3/64ths of clearance between wood and barrel. I try to give about 1/32nd of an inch wood clearance around the action/barrel. I will measure 4 inches in front of the recoil lug and mark the barrel with a felt marker. I use two strips of Brownells vinyl plumbers take, .010 thousandths thick, for .020 thousandths clearance and apply the tape from 4 inches in front of the recoil lug and run it out so that it is past the forend of the stock. With the tape in place after bedding you will have a nice .020 thousandths clearance between the barrel and the stock. I mask the entire stock off with masking tape, if I don't the glass will certainly find a place to stick where I don't want it to. I use Silly Putty as a dam in the magazine well, also on the forend of the stock to act as a dam. I smear a bunch of putty on the forend and then seat the barrel in the stock to set the putty to the same diameter of the barrel. The last stock that I glassed I used Brownell's "gel" and will never use their regular glass kit again. I use at least two coats of the green release agent, and just before setting the barrel/action into the stock I spray everything that needs to be released with Brownell's spray release agent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1672485, member: 69192"] Not sure what you mean, [U][I]"The guy that taught me how to bed a rifle said "I always bed about 1.5-2" under the barrel channel (shank) when bedding a rifle.",[/I][/U] what area are you writing about? I was taught to glass bed the entire recoil lug area, plus 4 inches in front of the recoil lug, and....then float the rest of the barrel to the forend. I relieve the entire area around the recoil lug and the entire length of the barrel channel. Usually I will use a "Sharpy" felt tipped marker, placing the marker against the barrel and marking the wood the entire length of the barrel. With that done I remove the barrel/action and use a Dremmel tool with a sanding drum to remove the wood to the outside edge of the black mark on the stock; usually about 3/64ths of clearance between wood and barrel. I try to give about 1/32nd of an inch wood clearance around the action/barrel. I will measure 4 inches in front of the recoil lug and mark the barrel with a felt marker. I use two strips of Brownells vinyl plumbers take, .010 thousandths thick, for .020 thousandths clearance and apply the tape from 4 inches in front of the recoil lug and run it out so that it is past the forend of the stock. With the tape in place after bedding you will have a nice .020 thousandths clearance between the barrel and the stock. I mask the entire stock off with masking tape, if I don't the glass will certainly find a place to stick where I don't want it to. I use Silly Putty as a dam in the magazine well, also on the forend of the stock to act as a dam. I smear a bunch of putty on the forend and then seat the barrel in the stock to set the putty to the same diameter of the barrel. The last stock that I glassed I used Brownell's "gel" and will never use their regular glass kit again. I use at least two coats of the green release agent, and just before setting the barrel/action into the stock I spray everything that needs to be released with Brownell's spray release agent. [/QUOTE]
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