Camo Stock arrives to replace the pink one

So I get the Forest Camo stock in from Boyd's Gun Stocks  I can't say enough good stuff about them  They replaced the funny looking pink stock for the cool one in the picture below.

The next thing I have to do is get the stock ready for glass bedding.  Glass bedding is a procedure by which you spread some epoxy resin inside the barrel and action channel then replace the barreled action.  The epoxy form fits around the action and bonds to the stock creating a perfect fit between the stock, the barrel and the action.

I spread black shoe polish on the underside of the barrel and action and reassembled everything to transfer black marks to the high spots of the stock on the inside.  Sorry I do not have a picture of the result, but these shots show the parts that will be embedded in epoxy inside the stock when everything is finished.  The most important parts that you do not want to move are the recoil lug and the receiver.  The recoil lug is the square tab that protrudes from the action.  The recoil lug will get encased in epoxy and be prevented from moving around inside the stock.  This increases repeatable accuracy by forcing the barrel, action and stock to act as one instead of the barrel and action moving independently.  The receiver where the bolt slides will also receive bedding underneath and around the sides below the sight line of the stock on the outside.  

The picture to the right shows the interior of the stock after having the high spots removed.

The next entry will be the barrel and action preparation.