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<blockquote data-quote="earlcurtis67" data-source="post: 900891" data-attributes="member: 47174"><p>With the gap under the front part of the action and the forward part of the lug sitting on the new "bed", i wasn't gonna take any chances and risk stressing or worse bending the action by tightening the action screws.</p><p> So i sanded down the lug bedding , but then the recoil lug bottomed out in the pocket bedding, so i had to dig some of that out. when all was said and done, i was back to square one with the exception of a tighter pocket...</p><p> The new bedding job turned out pretty good, the marine tex was easy to work with and hardened nicely overnight. It didn't chip like JB weld during clean up. I used some 1 1/2 x 1/4 24 bolts with the heads cut off to center the action in the stock, and zip ties to keep the action from shifting while the epoxy was curing.</p><p> Things I would do different ; i would tape the upper part of the action and barrel to prevent getting the epoxy every where. (2) i would wait till after the epoxy cures to try and do ANY clean up. i used popsicle sticks and only succeeded in making a huge mess and smearing marine tex all over the action. (3) I would coat all the bottom edges of the action with release agent before filling with putty. this made clean up tedious trying to remove the cured epoxy with out scratching the blueing. </p><p> Hope this helps......E</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="earlcurtis67, post: 900891, member: 47174"] With the gap under the front part of the action and the forward part of the lug sitting on the new "bed", i wasn't gonna take any chances and risk stressing or worse bending the action by tightening the action screws. So i sanded down the lug bedding , but then the recoil lug bottomed out in the pocket bedding, so i had to dig some of that out. when all was said and done, i was back to square one with the exception of a tighter pocket... The new bedding job turned out pretty good, the marine tex was easy to work with and hardened nicely overnight. It didn't chip like JB weld during clean up. I used some 1 1/2 x 1/4 24 bolts with the heads cut off to center the action in the stock, and zip ties to keep the action from shifting while the epoxy was curing. Things I would do different ; i would tape the upper part of the action and barrel to prevent getting the epoxy every where. (2) i would wait till after the epoxy cures to try and do ANY clean up. i used popsicle sticks and only succeeded in making a huge mess and smearing marine tex all over the action. (3) I would coat all the bottom edges of the action with release agent before filling with putty. this made clean up tedious trying to remove the cured epoxy with out scratching the blueing. Hope this helps......E [/QUOTE]
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