Doc7
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Hello all,
I have attached two photos, one of my Model 11 FCNS bottom metal and trigger guard assembly and an exploded schematic from Savage website for my serial number. I am interested in installing my rifle into a Boyd's laminate stock and pillar and glass bedding. I hope I can get some questions answered as having never bedded before, I want to be clear on what parts I install on the rifle during bedding. I have read every web reference I can find including the oft-cited "Stress Free Bedding" article but looking for more specifics on my action.
It looks to me like that I would need to install all of the bottom metal as part of a pillar bedding job, as the front action screw contacts directly on the front of the bottom metal, and the rear action screw force transmits via the trigger guard, the button retainer, the bottom metal and the rear pillar.
Is that the case, and how does one properly locate/ set the future position of the action and the bottom metal such that any future expansion/contraction of wood doesn't affect these? It seems to me that the wood expanding would cause the bottom metal to move which would transmit to the action, despite pillar bedding? It sounds A lot easier when someone says locate the action by putting some layers of tape on the tang and some on the barrel but I don't see anything about the bottom metal.
I do not seem to have Part 31 on my rifle and also only have one of the washers, part 19G?