Well, after a lot of consideration of your posts on here and showing the stock to a very talented friend who is a magician with wood, I bedded it using grey Marine Tex and no cross bolt.
First, lightly scraped the interior of the stock using a razor sharp quarter-inch mortising chisel where the bedding would be. Next, gave the exterior of the stock, the barreled action, floor plate, and the stock bolts a good polish with Johnson’s Paste Wax for the release agent, and proceeded with the job.
Checked the stock bolts to be sure they would turn easily after two hours, turned them back in snug and put it to bed for the night. Popped it out in the morning to check, and there were no voids, no skim bedding needed. Put it back together for two days to be sure it was fully cured.
All pretty much ABC procedure, nothing new. Took it to the range for a test fire yesterday and all is well. Next trip to the range will be tomorrow.
This is will become my designated bison rifle and the forecast here is for -27C and colder the next few days. Typical weather that we hunt them in, so will let the ammo and rifle soak overnight in that before double checking the sights.
Will let you all know after checking velocity and accuracy at that temperature how everything goes.
Ted
