Just found this thread after I plopped a Howa Mini into some Devcon on a B&C sporter stock. I have always bedded Howa and Sako with enough goop to capture the lug and a skim coat for where the action rests in the stock Can’t say that I’ve ever done any actual testing to see if there’s a difference.

I haven’t fired this action yet. I did my usual bed job with NO barrel pad today. I’ll let it harden up and shoot it this weekend and we will see what happens with adding a pad at the shank. . More for my own personal edification than anything.

My other Mini sits in an Unbedded McMillan and shoots well enough I really don’t want to touch it.....but the Kung Flu has me spending lots of time looking for something to do. The shrooms are just barely coming up here, same for the ramps.