I have bedded a great many stocks. I never tape the recoil lug as I want the tightest friction fit I can get. I bed the front of the magazine well to 2" forward of the recoil lug first. Float the barrel and try the gun for groups.
If it needs it I do from the front of the mag well back and the tang. If it still isn't shooting the way I want for groups, or shows signs of heat wander, I full length bed the barrel with five pounds of up lift (you tie a five pound weight on a piece of mono to the front swivel and seat the barrel into the epoxy). Doing a full barrel bedding is some work but it has produced some really terrific shooting guns. I full length bed all Manlicher stocked rifles just to be sure they shoot the best they can. This is also very useful in many of the flimsier synthetic stocks to get rid of the flex in the forearm.
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