Placing the barreled action and stock in direct sunlight on a warm day will practically eliminate bubbles/voids in the bedding job.

A router table and a flush-trim bit will make perfect corners around the magazine well and trigger opening after the stock is bedded. Set the bit to the correct height, turn the stock upside down and work the bit around the inside of both openings.

I learned both the hard way... now you don't have to.

can you explain the router bit trick in a bit more detail? i'm not quite getting it...

Not my stock, but the results are the same.



This is much faster and more accurate than trying to clean it up with a file and sandpaper.

i see! very nice!

I always thought the trick of good bedding was to inlet the action to the wood so close that they only place a little bedding compound was needed was behind the recoil lug.

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
I always thought the trick of good bedding was to inlet the action to the wood so close that they only place a little bedding compound was needed was behind the recoil lug.

I guess it depend on what you are building, most target rifles are full action bedded and the barrel floated for extreme accuracy. However, classic gunsmithing calls for tight wood to metal fit, which can lead to some accuracy problems with rubbing and barrel vibrations.

John