Hi all,
Some of you may remember my thread about my k98 restoration project. Well I have been slowly chugging away at trying to get this thing bedded.
Over on gunboards.com I found a 12 step pictorial display on how to do it, but I would like some direct feedback from someone who has actually done it.
So far I've got paper and cardstock shims placed at two points in the stock.
The way I have it, the action does not rock on the recoil lug. I can slide a piece of paper all the way down the barrel channel (but for a little bit of dirt which will be removed in the next step). I can also slide a piece of paper under the bayonet lug. The magazine does not touch the receiver. I can install the action screws and when they are tight the capture screws line up.
Am I on the right path? I would like to know because my next steps are to sand out the barrel channel where it touches the stock and handguard, and to file out the front band so that it does not touch the barrel. I don't want to remove any material unnecessarily, as it is a pain in the you-know-what to fix.
Also, I have some brass shim stock (0.001", 0.0015", 0.002", 0.003", 0.005", 0.010") that I was going to use to replace the paper once I figured out the amount of shimming that needed to be done. Is it okay to be doing this?
Some of you may remember my thread about my k98 restoration project. Well I have been slowly chugging away at trying to get this thing bedded.
Over on gunboards.com I found a 12 step pictorial display on how to do it, but I would like some direct feedback from someone who has actually done it.
So far I've got paper and cardstock shims placed at two points in the stock.
The way I have it, the action does not rock on the recoil lug. I can slide a piece of paper all the way down the barrel channel (but for a little bit of dirt which will be removed in the next step). I can also slide a piece of paper under the bayonet lug. The magazine does not touch the receiver. I can install the action screws and when they are tight the capture screws line up.
Am I on the right path? I would like to know because my next steps are to sand out the barrel channel where it touches the stock and handguard, and to file out the front band so that it does not touch the barrel. I don't want to remove any material unnecessarily, as it is a pain in the you-know-what to fix.
Also, I have some brass shim stock (0.001", 0.0015", 0.002", 0.003", 0.005", 0.010") that I was going to use to replace the paper once I figured out the amount of shimming that needed to be done. Is it okay to be doing this?
