GQshayne wrote:AZZA'S HJ47 wrote:Have done the same thing with a howa 308 and the difference it made was amazing
When I was researching how to DIY bedding for my last job, I saw a lot of guys doing BIG jobs - either pillars or the entire action filled with epoxy. And then I came across an older gent in his gunsmithing shop, who showed the above method, and explained why he did it this way. He said that if it is fixed at the front and fixed at the rear, then filling the middle with epoxy did not achieve anything. To illustrate his point, he showed a factory bedding job on a high grade rifle - this is how the factory did it. On a sporter rather than a benchrest rifle I reckoned that was good enough for me. The previous stock on this rifle was bedded the exact same way by a previous owner or gunsmith.
very good advice and your bedding job looks very good
if like with mauser 98's the rear tang has a piller from factory or you put one in yourself there is no need to bed the tang unless the fit is not a good one
IMHO you are doing a great job with the rifle and the barrel has come up in good order
that 3 shot group is all you need
good on you for having a crack at it