Good job. I thought Tikka's were supposed to be crazy to bed with that recoil lug?
The trick is not to bed the recoil lug ..I have seen the lug covered with bedding compound on the conventional Tikka Lug and I have seen them bare and likewise on the B&C stock which has a built in lug. Its a tight fit on the front of the B&C lug so I left it alone and just bedded underneath all the other indentations in the action and tang area. Gotta be patient with that one. A Model 70 is a breeze compared to it .
Alot of wisdom in this post. I've bedded two Tikkers. Both were a pain in the azz at the recoil lug. One was into a B&C stock. They turned out great, but were much harder than anticipated to get to fit correctly before allowing to set up.
I torqued mine to 45 inch pounds and have been happy with the results.
