After getting as much of the putty by whatever means us non-chlorinated breakclean works really well as you can blast away any putty stuck in tight spots
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Not sure that's a good idea. I think the putty should have a good adherence to the parts you are trying to protect from epoxy. Otherwise, when squeezing the action into stock, the epoxy could sneak by the putty dam. Also, the putty doesn't like to stay put when there's release agent on the parts before you putty them. It will just fall away. Others might have had luck doing so, though.
I do like to use Pam on the barrel, though. It is quick, easy way to know it has plenty of release agent on it. It does not work well for the parts you want to bed b/c it leaves a gritty surface on the final job.
You can believe me when I say I've tried a lot of things that don't work well when bedding! :)
Home Depot carries them, you'll have to look in their specialty bolt/screw section.
They do indeed carry them. In the speciality screw boxes its labeled as 1/4" SAE FINE thread which = 28 threads per inch (TPI). The normal 1/4" screw threads are 20 TPI (normally called quarter twenty). I bought some of the 1/4" SAE fine thread 3" bolts today and they fit perfectly in a 116 action.
Link to bolt: http://m.homedepot.com/p/1-4-in-28-t...676/204273549/