Pictures of Devcon Glass-Bedding above...
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Why Yes,...that IS a spot where I hacked the right side-rail of my stock with the Dremmel...Dohhh! It only takes a fraction of a second and it's there. *$#%!
The interior of the stock shows where I left a collar of wood around the pillars to make sure the height-reference was not lost. Both Front & Rear Action are contacting the tops of the Factory Pillars. There is absolutely Zero "compression" experienced as you tighten the action bolts from below. When they come tight that is IT...no more can be taken. There used to be a less "Concrete Stop" when tightening in the bolts.
Found that the Rear Tang was actually Hard-Aground on the right-hand side of the inletting channel from factory. It Never "floated" until I sanded out the channel a bit more.
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL: With a DBM action there are Many recesses & spots where MECHANICAL LOCK can take place if you don't thoroughly go around the action filling them All with the Plumbers Putty. Do this very well. See the "floor" I made out of a piece of duct-tape inside mag-well and then covered with Plumbers putty but still allowed Devcon to get to edge of stainless well. I particularly like the full-surround collar of Devcon you can see encircling the underside of the action in the Mag. Well.
I was pleasantly surprised with the sensible amount of effort it took to pry these two parts from each-other after about 14 hours. I used only Clear Kiwi Polish.
With the danger of the Devcon in the Pillars and Everywhere Else I was really scared that I would have to chisel the thumb-hole factory stock away and start from scratch...but the Bedding Elves were kind to me. Once the action goes into the stock with Mud in the stock AND pasted under the action like Peanut-butter the FUN starts. Get cracking and start scraping, removing this Goo as it comes out of the joints from Around and Under the gun.
I mentioned 2 Pairs of Gloves trick and it is worth it. I never wear gloves for Any mechanical maintenance, cleaning tasks, but DO use them here...You'll be sorry if you don't.
I know the finished execution is not that "pretty", as you'd probably shoot your Smith if he dinged the stock-rail and didn't have tight-clean lines throughout the interior of the stock, however, I strongly believe that this is a very "Meaty" bedding with plenty of Goo filling all the right places and mirroring precisely the underside, sides and recoil-lug of the action.
All in All I'm quite pleased.
BY the way, I got the Action Wrench, Barrel Wrench AND Devcon on AMAZON...yeah Amazon...and didn't have to pay a cent because of the accrued American Distress points from over the years. Woo-Hooo!
The Wheeler (Savage / Remington) Action Wrench works Great and this job would be a real hassle without that particular tool, Get It. It also comes with a slim strip of Brass to wrap the action in where it sits in the Crush-Collar. ZERO cosmetic evidence of removing barrel left on action...very nice. It was STUPID how tight (and full of Crud) that Nut was. Required good Thread-Cleaning with brake cleaner and light bronze brush to get all the grit out. When you retighten nut to 25 Lbs. with anti-seize (Stainless Action & Barrel) you will NOT believe how "NOT TIGHT" you think it is... But don't worry...It's ready to go!
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