Gunsmithing Bedding question

[goosendmax]

I am getting ready to tackle my first bedding job on a project rifle that I have. It is a Remington LA and I am putting it into a new Bell and Carlson stock. I have watched a few videos on you tube and all of the ones that I have watched take a dremmel tool to the stock and grind out almost a quarter inch of material before they apply the bedding compund. Is that really nessassary? Reading the instructions that came with the bedding material that I bought only says to rough up the surface to be bedded with a good 80 grit sandpaper. I need some help on this one guys. Which way should it REALLY be done?

 

[justinbaker]

if its a bell carlson with a bedding block, then no its not necessary to grind out that much material

when i have bedded my BC stocks with bedding blocks, i take a drill bit and make a bunch of shallow holes everywhere i am putting bedding

 

[goosendmax]

Well, do I need to remove any material at all then? Or should I just sand it a little bit and drill some holes. Also, what is best to make a spacer for the barrel, to make sure it free floats? Tape it up or just let the clay dam float the barrel?

 

[justinbaker]

if has a bedding block then no you dont need to remove any material. just rough it up and drill some holes

you need to add tape to barrel so the action sits in a stress free position. make sure the ejection port on the action is level with the stock

i highly suggest reading through this thread http://www.snipershide.com/shooting/showthread.php?t=18482

the pics in the first post are screwed up, but still go through the entire thread. it will help alot

 

[goosendmax]

Thanks for the info

 

[medium rare]

I thought with a bedding block all you need to do is skim bed. What I have done is make sure the barreled action only contacts the bedding block by torquing it down on the bedding block and checking for contact. Relieve any contact points and rough up the block with dremel. Add bedding compound to recoil lug recess and a thin layer on the block. I might be off a little so hopefully an actual gunsmith will chime in and verify.