No 1 MkIII bedding

[gunner]

tbonesmith,

i am not an expert on No.I, but for the bedding of my No.4`s i do it this way:
Make sure that the wood under and beside the action and the chamber has a little space for the acryl paste. Than make 2-3 spacers out of plastic or cardboard. With that you can fix the barrel in the forestock. The No. I has a spring under the action wich should add pressure to it, make sure that it can work. Than add some separating wax to the action and fill the acrylc paste in the forestock around the action and app. 1" in front of the chamber. Now take the barrel and set it in the forestock, complete it with upper hanguard and nosecap and tighten the screws. After the acryl is hardened remove the barrel and remove also the acryl that was too much. Now you have to look that the barrel is free in his channel, normally it is. After assemblage the rifle you have to do a few shots till all is seatened. Controll the screws and normally it works.

So that is my way to make a bedding, but i dont know if this will help you.
Good luck!

Regards

Gunner

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[tbonesmith]

Cheers that's how I'd normally do it too, but I want to do it without any glass or epoxy, and it seems a bit different to a no4 in that when I put the action in the stock having removed the brass or copper reinforcement on the draws ie so it's loose, I can't get the barrel to centre by packing the collar/rear of forewood, instead the whole forend will move forward . No 4's will tend to "pivot" with packing. I don't want to butcher the stock, I want this to be a professional job, in timber, even though it's more difficult.