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Then, the action is dropped into the stock...



Because this stock has one-piece billet-aluminium machined inlettng for the action, I left the original surface for the recoil lug to engage (you would not necessarily do this with a wood stock). So, in this particular case, before I torqued the action screws, I tapped the action as far aft in the stock as it would go. This ensured the recoil lug was fully engaged with the bearing pad in the inletting. Then I torqued the screws, wiped up the excess epoxy, and went to bed.





So, BSA, since I did get a full night's sleep, the cure time on this before I pulled it apart was about 9 hours. With the Devcon product, I think you could safely do it in 4 hours, but many bedding compounds need 24 or even 48 hours before pulling them apart for the first time.

Here is the stock and action right after pulling them apart and giving them a quick warm-water wash (the release agent is water-soluble).



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