Re: uestion for bedding and Duracoat
Sorry, but I have to disagree.
I've never (evah!) bedded a gun after first coating/plating the action as it's just too easy to nick/scratch the finish.
Epoxies common to this trade all have a degree of shrinkage. The better ones are down in the 1-2 percent range. Since most guys skin bed an action to a stock we have some variances in film thickness. For sake of argument we'll say it's between .01 and .075 in thickness.
That equates to as little as a tenth (.0001") to as much as .0015". Now you have to factor in that your dealing with a part that has essentially three sides that contact the stock. L, R, and the bottom. On the L/R side you'd double those values. On the bottom you'd use it as it stands.
That being said if anything the coating is helping you a bit. It's attempting to fill the gap created by material pulling away. Unless the guy coating the action is dunking the parts in a 5 gallon bucket you'll be just fine.
I've inspected bedding jobs six ways from Sunday and I've never, never, never seen it change before/after coating.
Bottom line, coat your action after your done with all your work. It'll have a much, much nicer presentation and performance won't be affected. Especially with a centerfire cause things happen too fast anyway.
Hope this helped.
C
