[gitarmac]

I used my dremel and a cutting bit, something small that will fit in the corners and run it along the rear edge of that shelf, maybe a little more at the corners. Then going over that with the steel dremel brush I have a nice cleaned up groove for the bedding.

I used JB weld and it turned out great. I was going to get the real stuff but figured I was only going to do one gun and wouldn't use it all. When I was researching bedding I came across several threads that addressed the use of devcon for bedding. People seemed to like it as well.

 

[gitarmac]

I have some quick set devcon that I haven't used yet. It seems pretty thin and runny it it's scringe container and sets in 5 minutes. I did mine with JB weld. After 3 hours I removed barrel and action, swabbed with alcohol and added a little more and rebedded. After 3 hours I checked it, added more release agent and let sit overnight. I found it hard to figure out how much to mix up and had to add more to fill in gaps. Actually I think it would have been OK if I hadn't but adding more to fill in gaps made it nice and even. I think I will stick with it since it worked for me the first time.

I wonder if something could be mixed with the devcon to make it a little thicker. I'll bet a little sand would work well, it wouldn't compress or react to the epoxy or breakdown later on.

 

[gitarmac]

Wow, thanks for all the info!