Usually, you would want a more permanent solution when bedding your barrel and action to the stock. However, Mock bedding can be done with epoxy and provides a semi-permanent solution if you wish to try this yourself. A rifle with no bedding at all may give the shooter wider shot groups at a distance and that is because the rifle’s barrel is able to move as the shot is taken. This wobble may begin to occur before the bullet exits the muzzle. This can cause the muzzle to move in many different directions and prevent the shooter from creating a tight shot group. Mock bedding with epoxy would be considered a semi-permanent solution because it will fill those gaps between the rifles stock and the barrels locking lug. Find the spot on the stock where the barrels locking lug fits into and apply epoxy. Press in the barrel and action into the stock firmly to ensure bubbles are pushed out and a tight fit is achieved and allow time for the epoxy to cure. The reason this is considered semi-permanent solution is because once done it will hold very well but if the rifle is completely disassembled then once put back together the barrels locking lug will not be as secure as it was before, and you may need to repeat the epoxy bedding process again for a tight fit.
If at this point, I am sure that the crown and breach lock-up are repaired correctly and that the bedding is done to satisfaction then the next thing I may want to do is to inspect the rifling inside the barrel. Lead or nitro fouling may prevent the correct spin on the round before it exits the barrel and this can cause the bullet to wobble in flight making it less accurate especially at distance. It is also possible that the owner or even previous owners of this rifle did not take good care of it. Allowing rust to form inside the barrel and having that rust sit for a while allows the rust to start pitting into the metal and this may damage or destroy the rifling inside the barrel.
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