After a total of 12 shots from my new Mod. 70 in 416 Rem, I noticed the stock has cracked. The area between the rear recoil lug and the mag well pushed back about .040".

Is there anything special I need to know about bedding this gun?

I plan on putting in pillars (9/16" dia.) then bedding the lugs in SteelBed. I'm thinking that there should be a little more clearance on the sides and front of the lugs than what I would leave on a single lug action.

The pillars will need to be relieved to clear the front stock bolt and the trigger.

The piece of wood that was displaced has been glued back in place with Accra-Glass.

Anything I'm missing?

JMac,

Just make sure your actions is bedded down solid in the stock.

You do not need any clearance around the lug.

We bed all our rifles this way, and we have never had one stock break yet.

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JMac,

I had a long post here that seems to have gone astray.

If you can't get a new stock from Win due to your attempted repair, crosspin the repaired area with brass screws from the kit from Brownells.

In any case you should begin the bedding process by steel bedding the two cross-bolts.

I would not leave any clearance on the sides of the main lug, only the front and bottom of both lugs, and one tape thickness (.003) on the sides of the barrel lug.

Don