I've bedded a few recoil lugs only on Model 12's when installing them into laminated stocks. I like the idea of bedding just the lug area better than the entire action area as it reduces the possibilities of locking the action into the action if the bedding material accidently gets into the action screws, etc. A friend helped me bed the entire action on a RAR build a few years back, and I sweated that 24 hr curing period like nothing else. Bedding just the lug reduces the risks IMO, and it has worked well for me. I've used aftermarket lugs for the most part but I acquired a BVSS stock that the PO had bedded only the OEM lug area, and I just put that stock on a factory FV12 set up, and it fits perfect, holds zero and shoots good enough groups for my purpose of varmints. I spend the time to get the action/stock fitment where it just drops in and doesn't move before I bed the lug.
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