With Mausers, I always bed the entire action plus about 1.25-in pad under the barrel. One detail that's often overlooked is the small rounded tang of Mausers - especially with wood stocks - if you're as old as I am, then you've probably seen lots of military and sporter Mausers with cracks and chips where the rear of the tang came in contact with the stock. You should ensure that the rear radius of the tang has a small gap so that it does not contact the stock at that point. When I bed a Mauser, I always put about 3-4 thicknesses of tape there extended around both sides of the tang, then use a razor to neatly bevel-trim the ends inline with the sides. Does the trick and the wood-to-metal fit still looks neat and clean.
Last edited by Offshoreman; 06/23/20.
