bedding a rifle

[ICMCumin]

Some months ago I bought a Remington 788 in .222 off the internet. The rifle was in pretty good working order (after I cleaned the dickens out of it), but the stock looked like crap - the previous owner had painted it gray and it had some gouges in it from useage.

I knew what I was getting but had read some good things about the 788, so I took a chance and laid the $$$ down for it.

After some research, decided to buy a new stock for it and go with wood over plastic or other manmade materials. More research and I bought a Richards Microfit stock. For a little more I upgraded and bought a pretty nice piece of black walnut.

I've got most of the work behind me (and man - it has exceeded my expectations - lookin' good! ) but am wondering if I did an adequate job of fitting steel to wood. I didn't do anything special for bedding this rifle other than making sure the barrell and receiver fit into the stock and the safety works well. (I currently shoot just over MOA with factory rounds with this stock fitted to the rifle.)

Any suggestions? Thanks.

[1st cav sgt ret]

I have also read and heard nothing but good things about 788s.I know what you mean about the work requiored I have built 3 mausers so far(makes you wonder what 98% inlet really means).as far is inleting(m aby one of the gunsmith pros will chime in here)you might consider glassing the front receiver ring including about the first 1in of barrel then the rear tang of the receiver if you have a good fit you may have to clearance the wood some(here less is better dont just hog it out)all you really want is a good snug fit between stock and metal, and use acraglass gel brownells or midway sells it(dont use the regular acraglass as its to runny the gel will stay where you put it just be sure to read the instructions or you could glue your gun together!!!!!!!!!done that)and it may not make any differance as far as accuracy till you start reloading for it ,then you can tailor the load to the gun