Quote Originally Posted by englishman_ca View Post
Epoxy bedding is a popular way of 'acurising' a rifle. however, it was never a prescribed method in service.

I spend a lot of time restoring Lee Enfields undoing what others have done to 'improve' the rifle, bedding is one of the things on which I spend an inordinate amount of time.

Whenever I get a new-to-me project rifle to restore and I pull off the wood to check it out, unless it is an obvious regulated target rifle and I find epoxy bedding, the stock goes straight into the junk drawer for future use or trade.

IF you know what you are doing, then good on you, we will look forward to seeing the results in your range report. If you are new to stocking up the Lee Enfield, then good luck, it will be trial and error for you to get any kind of accuracy out of it.

I am not to trying to discourage you, quite the opposite, but I always try to use original period materials and techniques..
I appreciate the reality check. I am not familiar with restocking the Lee Enfield which is why I took a Dremel tool to my replacement stock several weeks ago. I regret my impatience there. I have since learned a fair bit about how the rifle's action and stock interface and how they were designed to work. When I first realized what I had done, my initial intent was to address the issue by epoxy bedding the rifle. I now realize bedding a Lee Enfield takes skill, knowledge and patience. I absolutely understand a purist approach of using original materials and methods. That would be my first choice. However, I don't have the wood working tools or skills to cut out the damaged draws and replace them with new wood. As of this post, I have a forearm in need of new draws and probably some other fitting. I may set this one aside and try to find another unmolested forend and go from there (leaving the Dremel in the tool box!) or I may go ahead and try epoxy bedding it myself. Then again, with how busy my schedule has been lately, I might just give-in and send it off to a professional for repair and fitting - but that's a pretty expensive option.