Time to remove the shelf. Because it was at an angle it was a bit tricky but I used some old calipers to measure and scribe the woof on the narrow shelves up front. I tape off the stock as to hopefully not nick it.
I used a dremel Flex Shaft for better hand control. One wrong move and the stock is shot. You can find the flex shaft here.
I used a Dremel 5/16" carbide bit at max speed. This made for smooth cutting with little effort. The bit never caught and jerked out fo my hand it was very controllable. Carbide bit can be found here.
Not sure if its a screw up but either way I had to cut the shelf down to make it level which just broke through into the recoil lug channel. It was literally paper thin cutting in. Plan will be to bed the bottom metal which will cover that back up then I can bed the action as normal.
Even after just the initial cutting out the majority of those areas has already made it possible to assemble the rifle and have it function as it should.
Before
After
You can see the edge of the bottom metal showing through the Recoil lug channel
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