Bedding a Trigger Guard

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Do any of you know of any good tutorials online for bedding a trigger guard? I'm certain I can do it without the help, but I'd really like to at least see a couple being done before I start. I've bedded dozens of actions of many different rifle types.

One of my stocks was inletted imperfectly (it's a Tikka, so I'm not too surprised), and the rear screw is a little mushy feeling before it bottoms out. This is the bottom metal flexing as it's screwed down. I have a set of Tikka shims, and they work perfectly well, but I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so here we are ...

The action is already bedded, and I don't want to add pillars.

I have a few ideas:

1) use a stepped brass dowel turned to a perfect fit to center the rear screw hole up - this way I can bed the trigger guard without fastening it to the action and no Devcon will flow up the holes in the wood.

2) plug the holes in the stock with putty and just bed the trigger guard to the stock without screws or dowels or anything, and then carefully drill out the Devcon to open the holes up again.

3) epoxy in the shims that are already working fine

4) go with what I imagine is the conventional way and fasten the bottom metal through the stock to the action, but only until the bottom metal is perfectly flush with the wood. I see some risks with this method that I'd prefer to avoid.

If any of you have experience with this, I'd love to hear some suggestions.

Thanks
 
Your method #1 except I’d get a couple long M6 machine screws and wrap masking tape around them to fill gap between screw and hole. Slide tg over the screws (cut heads off) and after epoxy cures just grab screws with vise grips and turn them out. Done.
 
I’d probably go with #2 as the action is already bedded, you just need the trigger guard to be supported and flush with the stock. Not snugged up tight with a screw, so no need to install action/screws. I’d probably use painters tape to secure the trigger guard once it was all bedded and in place.

I might even epoxy in the shims and bead at the same time.
 
Butcherbill said:
I’d probably go with #2 as the action is already bedded, you just need the trigger guard to be supported and flush with the stock. Not snugged up tight with a screw, so no need to install action/screws. I’d probably use painters tape to secure the trigger guard once it was all bedded and in place.

I might even epoxy in the shims and bead at the same time.
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This is the way I'm leaning too. Thanks Bill.
 
I used to use long headless socket screws in the action and bed the action stress free and when it has cured I then bedded the bottom metal using the headless screws to hold it in alignment.
 
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