Bedding a rifle is not rocket science
*. I've done it successfully multiple times. Nobody taught me how - it's mostly common sense and thinking things thru from start to finish. Over and over until you can say the steps outloud.
I had a guy lined up to help me the first time, but then I studied on it enough to tell him to him stay home that Saturday morning.
I've even done a Garand, which is a complicated project and IS ROCKET SCIENCE!~ (studying that print of where to take out the wood really made me scratch my head until I finally understood it!) You need to buy or make a couple of gauges/placement tools for the Garand.
I won't go into details here - they can be found elsewhere.
I use carnuba car wax as a release agent, and Brownell's Acra Glass Gel with atomized stainless steel mixed in. Tough stuff.
Their pigments work REALLY WELL. You would have to look at my Garand with a magnifying glass to see that it has been glass bedded.
Just don't try to do it when it is 90F+ in your shop, unless you keep the gel floating in a bowl of ice.
https://www.brownells.com/aspx/learn/learndetail.aspx?lid=10498~~~~~
* you just have to convince it that you love it.
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