Mauser bedding ?

[Racepres]

I need a touch of guidance here. I am slowly getting a project 98 mauser up. Got an "inexpensive" stock cause I haven't done alot of 'em (no mausers). The darn thing is looking better all the time but now ... I glassed the floorplate/trigger guard, no prob. Even did a passable job on the receiver rear "tang"   but how the heck do ya keep bedding material out of the recoil lug/mag joint??? I really do need to bed the lug but I can see problems could arise here.. Suggestions from someone who has done it please.  Marty

Maybe some kind of "tube" over the threaded  "boss" on the lug and then pull it together .... Then what? .. clean out the glass around the tube, and then  bolt 'er together and hope?

[RayO]

When you snug up the two parts you will squeeze most of the unwanted bedding material out.Be sure and put plenty of release agent on both parts.I also wrap one layer of electricians tape around the guard piller making it easier to remove after it hardens.With the trigger guard in place,put your bedding material in the recoil lug area without getting on the guard.To make it easier on yourself,you need a stockmakers screw with a t-handle.Hold the stockmakers screw in place and lower the receiver into the stock.Then begin turning the screw so it will catch the receiver, preventing bedding material from going up into the threads in the receiver. Snug it up,trim the overflow and everything should be fine.Be sure there is release agent on the screw.I hope this helps.

[Racepres]

Yes it does help... I really do not want any glass on the joint , but I was goin at it upside down so to speak... puttin the receiver in first.... does make sense to have the floorplate in place first .... Gonna do that tomorrow AM but being chicken I may be stingy w/ the glass.... will it hurt if I don't get  the job done in one pour???  'Don't think alot of strength is required as it is a 6mm '06.. not some 375 boomer (yet) Just don't know if the integrity of the job will suffer if I have to pour twice... Anyway thank you much for getting me right side up... Marty

[gunnut69]

One pour is better but if you get holes just clean and scratch them up a bit and fill...  If you want to keep the bedding out of the magazine area use ol based modeling clay to build dams to keep it where you want it.  Also when making a pore smear a little bedding on the action and over the area you wish bedded. Put the rest in a ridge down the middle of the area to be bedded. Then when the action lowered into the inlet the material will be pressed outward and up the sides, not trapping any airpockets.

[earschplitinloudenboomer]

I glass separately, use the stockmakers screws with flat washers to pull action into stock, I also put release or saran wrap in the magazine mortise, cut a flow channel(in the stock) from the recoil lug mortise to the magazine well, let excess flow into magazine well, this also aids in getting rid of trapped air. Once glass has hardened, remove barrel and action, trim and clean up...then glass trigger guard, glass from action bedding helps keep glass in place when bedding guard.
Just make sure action is straight (perpendicular to axis of stock) when you glass it.

[Racepres]

Thank You 's all around. Got er done today and it is just fine (one pour too) everything seems exactly as it should be except that I could have built up the trigger end of the floorplate more so that I could put a bit more tension on the trigger guard screw without pulling the pieces any closer together.... doubt that this is critical as a check indicates that 1/4 turn more is all I'm getting in relation to pinching the original "spacer tube" from a military stock. Once again thank you to all who responded Every bit was helpfull. Now gotta enlarge the bbl channel, screw the barrel on. and bed the barrel at the action. Then strip and refinish.... I'll be awhile .... later Marty