Maybe I am lazy, but I did not want to do it. My decision was, вЂњnothing.вЂќ Adequate bedding here would require removing a significant layer of wood in order to provide a thickness of bedding material. The main question is what to do with the large, flat area under the magazine. There would be more than one approach to the bedding of this complicated action. Going forward, about half way down the barrel you will see a barrel band tapped for a screw that holds it fast in the barrel channel of the stock. This band fastens the front of the S & K scope mount and the stock has to be inletted to make room for it. The pic shows a band about ВјвЂќ wide around the receiver ring. Then, in front of the action screw there is a huge flat area (the bottom of the magazine) before the front action ring and barrel channel are reached.

Note that there are two action screws, both going through the trigger guard, one in front and one in back. The picture shows my stock with the action removed and positioned above it. The stock was worthless in present form, and thus it seemed a good candidate for an amateur experimental gun project. Some pitting was apparent in the grooves, but shooting provided decent groups, about 2 inches with the open sights. Thus, the piece was a real beater, but the action was good and the barrel scrubbed up to a shiny look with rifling visible throughout the length. The end of the barrel had been counterbored to a depth of 1.5 inches, probably because the end of the barrel had been damaged by cleaning from the front. I know because he inscribed his name on the stock. It had been crudely adorned many, many years ago with patches of gold glitter by a guy named Johnny. It came to me with barrel cut to 24 inches and wearing a sporter stock of unknown make. The Springfield Krag-Jorgensen in question is a fairly late model of 1898, the last modification of the Krag design. I recently thought it would be fun to try to epoxy bed the action and get some shooting results with the finished product. A Krag so fitted, and with no collector value, came my way some years ago. 30-40 is a very good game cartridge, so money could be made selling sporter stocks for Krags. There are a lot of them around, due to the governmentвЂ™s sale of surplus Krags to the public many years ago. The military wood fits well, the barrel bands securely position the barrel in its channel, and the large, flat bottom surface of the action gives much support in that area.ДЄ modified Krag with a sporter stock could be another story. Krags with original, military stocks usually shoot well, if the barrel is fairly good.

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