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I’m at my whits end with a bedding job on my LV rifle and I’m looking for some help. I have already missed one match because of it and I’m fearing I’ll miss another one if I don’t get this thing together. I’ve made about 7 attempts at bedding this stock and it’s been unsuccessful every time.
The backstory is I bedded this stock last year. The action had a 1/2” keyway lug bolted to the bottom of it. Fast forward to this year and I couldn’t get the rifle to shoot smaller than mid .2-.3s at 100. I checked my bedding to find out that the recoil lug had come loose. I tightened the lug back down and found that the bedding job now had .003-.004 stress in it. I was irritated the lug came loose, so I decided to machine two slots in the bottom of the action similar to what’s on a short BAT Neuvo and have those become the recoil lugs when I re-bedded it. Well 7 attempts later and I can’t get the bedding to turn out stress free. I’ve tried several methods and have bugged a few people already about it and I still haven’t gotten success. My goal is to get a stress free (less than .002 movement) bedding job so then I can glue it in over a good bedding job. I don’t know if the recoil cuts in the action are what’s causing me issues or what. I’m thinking of milling away the center part, and make one big “XP” cut. Any help is very much appreciated. Below is an outline of how I’ve tried bedding it the last 3 times. Thank you!
- Stock leveled both ways and held in a wooden stock vice
- Wrap tape around the barrel at the end of the stock and a band ~2” in front of the action. The tape bands sit on the bottom of the barrel channel, but one more wrap of tape would make the band too tight to sit on the bottom of the barrel channel. Basically I made the bands as big as they could be and still rest on the bottom.
- Check that both bands of tape are touching the barrel channel on the bottom and the weight isn’t being supported by the action
- Tape the fronts of both “lug” slots
- Two layers of release, each layer buffed off
- Guide screws wrapped in tape to fit snugly in the pillar bores
- One layer of masking tape around the barrel butted up against the action face to allow clearance around the barrel from the excess bedding that flows forward
- Devcon 10610 mixed by weight 9:1 and mixed for 5-10 mins
- Liberally applied mud to the stock inlet and action body
- Then I lowered the barreled action into the stock and pressed down on the barrel bands until they were bottomed out. Nothing left on the barrel or action to hold it down, just gravity.
- Clean up excess and wait until the next day
- Machine out trigger pocket, bolt stop screw, and bedding ahead of the action. File edges of bedding to eliminate a sharp edge. Open pillar ID’s up to 0.312 to give plenty of clearance for the action screws
- Check bedding with an indicator with the rifle vertical. Every time the stress has been .004-.010



The backstory is I bedded this stock last year. The action had a 1/2” keyway lug bolted to the bottom of it. Fast forward to this year and I couldn’t get the rifle to shoot smaller than mid .2-.3s at 100. I checked my bedding to find out that the recoil lug had come loose. I tightened the lug back down and found that the bedding job now had .003-.004 stress in it. I was irritated the lug came loose, so I decided to machine two slots in the bottom of the action similar to what’s on a short BAT Neuvo and have those become the recoil lugs when I re-bedded it. Well 7 attempts later and I can’t get the bedding to turn out stress free. I’ve tried several methods and have bugged a few people already about it and I still haven’t gotten success. My goal is to get a stress free (less than .002 movement) bedding job so then I can glue it in over a good bedding job. I don’t know if the recoil cuts in the action are what’s causing me issues or what. I’m thinking of milling away the center part, and make one big “XP” cut. Any help is very much appreciated. Below is an outline of how I’ve tried bedding it the last 3 times. Thank you!
- Stock leveled both ways and held in a wooden stock vice
- Wrap tape around the barrel at the end of the stock and a band ~2” in front of the action. The tape bands sit on the bottom of the barrel channel, but one more wrap of tape would make the band too tight to sit on the bottom of the barrel channel. Basically I made the bands as big as they could be and still rest on the bottom.
- Check that both bands of tape are touching the barrel channel on the bottom and the weight isn’t being supported by the action
- Tape the fronts of both “lug” slots
- Two layers of release, each layer buffed off
- Guide screws wrapped in tape to fit snugly in the pillar bores
- One layer of masking tape around the barrel butted up against the action face to allow clearance around the barrel from the excess bedding that flows forward
- Devcon 10610 mixed by weight 9:1 and mixed for 5-10 mins
- Liberally applied mud to the stock inlet and action body
- Then I lowered the barreled action into the stock and pressed down on the barrel bands until they were bottomed out. Nothing left on the barrel or action to hold it down, just gravity.
- Clean up excess and wait until the next day
- Machine out trigger pocket, bolt stop screw, and bedding ahead of the action. File edges of bedding to eliminate a sharp edge. Open pillar ID’s up to 0.312 to give plenty of clearance for the action screws
- Check bedding with an indicator with the rifle vertical. Every time the stress has been .004-.010




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