Bedding question

[Satchamo]

I'm currently waiting on go/no go gauges and from the looks of it, I'll be waiting a while. In the meantime I have all my other components. Would I be ok to bed the action before attaching and headspacing my barrel?

For context, it's a 116 action going in a Boyd's pro varmint. I will be pillar bedding as well.

[sharpshooter]

I would wait until the barrel is installed. That way you can get the barrel centered in the channel.

[Zero333]

As long as you bed it with the recoil lug that you're going to use on the new barrel you'll be ok. You don't have to bed under the barrel nut if you don't want to so I say you can bed it with original barrel no problem.

[Satchamo]

I would wait until the barrel is installed. That way you can get the barrel centered in the channel.Well, I can thread the barrel up with the recoil lug and nut and check that, it just wouldn't be headspaced which shouldn't affect the barrel alignment right?

[Ratbuster]

No headspacing will not affect barrel alignment. Go ahead and get the bedding done now.

[Fordoldfart]

For what you wanting to do just put it togather using a new cartridge case and just snug everything up. Do your bedding. Then assemble for real when you get your gauges.

[Texas10]

My "go gage" is a new cartridge case selected using my headspace comparator gage. My "no-go gage" is two pieces of Scotch tape on the head of my "go gage".

[zloe]

I've found one piece of scotch tape to be adequate...