Thread: First stock bedding Job

After mixing up the compound that was too runny, I split off half of it to thicken it up without risking ruining the whole lot. In hindsight I should have thickened the whole lot.
Mistake three was not putting enough compound in and setting the action in, realizing, and pulling it back out to put more in.
I also spent a lot of time just removing extra compound and cleaning it as it dried. I removed most of the masking while it was still slightly wet, figuring it would be easier, which worked not too bad.
Because the stock doesn't quite have the right slope at the rear of the action, the 'tang' area was set below the surface which made it hard to keep the epoxy from not going over the top and locking it in.

The next day, I couldn't help myself, I removed the rubber band and gently pulled up on the barrel, thinking if it was too difficult I would leave it for another day. To my surprise and relief, it popped out nicely.
Here are the results.




I then put the stock back in the CNC and machined out all the reliefs by jogging it around manually. only one stupid mistake doing this when I hit left instead of back.
But it came out pretty well.








Super happy with the results. Not super happy with the fit of the bottom metal, so I may try bedding that as well.
The action did get some epoxy and marks on it, but I will be getting it cerakoted, so I'm not too concerned.
I'm also going to paint the stock, just not sure what colour/design yet, so that will cover up the transitions of epoxy to carbon.
Also looking at putting carbon in the barrel channel to stiffen it up a wee bit more.