Not sure if this is the best forum or in Gunsmiths section? Will try here first. I am going to bed a Win. express rifle with cross bolts and fore end lug.
Not sure if I should glass bed the cross bolts. I know originally they were adjustable, but I have also bedded them in solid with epoxy especially the hidden ones. I was thinking about full length neutral bedding including the fore end lug while leaving the cross bolts so they could be adjusted. Or should I glass them in but with plenty of release agent so they could be removed or adjusted? I don't think I should epoxy them in place or form a sort of horizontal pillar with them.
This is on a 375 H&H so recoil is really not a big issue unless there are imperfections in the wood that don't show. I assume it was kiln dried and is at least 12+ years or more old so hopefully it is stable. It's black Walnut.
