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Actually, it would appear that you used too much epoxy. But, the fact that you got it apart is the main thing. In most cases it's not actually glued together, but once it's cured the action fits so much tighter that things are difficult to get separated. Did you cut the stock/barrel channel before bedding the action? In most cases, accuracy consistancy will be improved by bedding the action and pillar bedding the mount points. You may just do this again, once you see what the improvements are. Unfortunately you don't have 'scoped shooting' target groups to compare to. -Steve
It sound to me like you let the bedding cure to long before taking it apart to trim and clean up. I only wait 4 or 5 hours, that way the bedding is still soft enough to trim up with a knife. After clean up and final assembly then I let the bedding cure for at least 5 days before I shoot the rifle.One of the biggest problems guys seem to have on their first bedding job is they hurry and panic easy. After you've locked a couple of actions in or had to dremil out the bedding to start over, you'll realize that you realy wont screw anything up that you cant fix.