This takes me back, I'm had forgot about your quest.
It looks good to me, but I don't think I've ever roughed up an action before bedding. I believe that you only need to clean it.
As far as the barrel is concerned, if you find the barrel nut difficult to break free you can cut it and just replace it (have a new one in hand before cutting the existing on off). Hats off to your efforts so far.
Can't wait to see how it holds up while shooting.
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