Originally Posted by
jlnft
I don't bed the barrel at all with exception of the area around the pillars. The front pillar is bedded in about a 1 1/2" square around the pillar and barrel. I use a dremel tool to remove about 1/16" to 1/8" around the pillar. The back pillar is a little harder. I only remove about 1/4" around the pillar itself so I have a good base around the pillar.
The front works out to be about .520" long and the back about .980"-1.020", depending how deep the trigger guard pocket cut. For the front pillar make sure the bolt can be threaded into the barrel about 3 threads before it locks down on the pillar. If you make the pillar too short and get too many threads it will lock up the action bolt. I cut the brass pipe with a drill press and hacksaw(be very careful), then sand them to a final length. I also rough up the pillars with a stone in the dremel.
I use JB Weld(NOT the 5 minute stuff) to bed the pillars. I'm sure there are better bedding materials, but I've had very good success with it.
I watched a bunch of YouTube videos and they really helped give me ideas. If I can take some pictures I'll try and post them.
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