Jason6568
Member
G'day Guys,
Just a quick question on bedding, hope someone can help me!
When you hog out timber from the stock (under and around recoil lug and behind and under tang etc.) there is nothing left to hold the action at the correct height in the stock. When you fill the hole up with your bedding compound and then drop the action in and tighten action screws, what stops the action from being pulled too far into the stock? Should some small ridges of wood be left to make sure that the bedded action ends up at the right height in the stock?
I thought that pillar bedding might be the answer as the pillars are glued in first and then the action can sit on them for final bedding. But I have read from a number of sources that the pillars should not touch the underside of the action and that the gap between pillar and action should be filled with bedding compound.
Any help would be appreciated
Regards
Jason
Just a quick question on bedding, hope someone can help me!
When you hog out timber from the stock (under and around recoil lug and behind and under tang etc.) there is nothing left to hold the action at the correct height in the stock. When you fill the hole up with your bedding compound and then drop the action in and tighten action screws, what stops the action from being pulled too far into the stock? Should some small ridges of wood be left to make sure that the bedded action ends up at the right height in the stock?
I thought that pillar bedding might be the answer as the pillars are glued in first and then the action can sit on them for final bedding. But I have read from a number of sources that the pillars should not touch the underside of the action and that the gap between pillar and action should be filled with bedding compound.
Any help would be appreciated
Regards
Jason