Bedding compounds

I have to agree with Swampghost, that stock was definitely bedded then machined. It's an absolutely beautiful job though, almost to nice to hide under an action:rolleyes:
 
Bedded then set up on a milling machine so the cutter simultaneously cleans the bedding edges and cleans off just a little of the wood to achieve final profile with the bedding and wood flush. I was going to ask how long it took him to do that? Does indeed look very nice.
 
My best guess would be a Formica router bit which would cut off the overfill and stop dead against the underlying wood. Regardless of how it was/is done, it is a FIRST class job and deserving of compliments.
 
Are you supposed to completely finish a rifle before bedding it? I am considering my first bedding job and was going to use Devcon Titanium putty. I have an unfinished/painted sealed Stockade rifle stock and I would like to bed it correctly the first time.
 
Most stocks are finished before the owner decides to do the bedding job. The bedding compound will not stick adequately to the finish, so you end up removing finish where the bedding will go and inletting grooves or channels into the wood to give the bedding a foothold.

You can bed a bare stock, obviously, and probably get better bonding and enjoy the advantage that no gun oil will have yet worked its way into the wood where you want the epoxy to go. However, once bedded, in order to finish the gun you will have to mask off all the bedding. The finish will prevent the gun from fitting back into good tight bedding, plus it won't be hard enough or stick well enough to the bedding compound for consistent or permanent results.
 
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