glass vs pillar

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jaybic

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Hello all,

been a while since I posted and I kinda been out of the loop but I am hoping that you fellas might have some advice for me. I have a trued up 700 in .308 in an H.S. Precision stock (it has the alum bedding block and it has been skim bedded) and my intention is to put it in a Boyds thumhole stock but I dont know if I should go with glass or pillar bedding and why I should do either one. Accuracy is, of course, the primary consideration and I have purchased a Miles Gilbert glass bedding kit in an attempt to do it myself but before I do, I want to know if I should consider pillars instead and if it is somthing that I (I am reasonably mechanically inclinded) should try myself. Ideas fellas?

Jamie
 
The H.S. stock you have, that is skim bedded is a great setup.

If the Boyds is wood then you need both pillars and standard bedding. The pillars will allow solid bedding without crushing the wood.

If you must have a thumhole stock look for one that is not made of wood for best results under all conditions.
 
As stated above....with a wood stock I would both glass and piller bed. They are two dofferent things and are not mutually exclusive to each other. Kinda like meet AND pototos...have both. I love my HS with the bedding block.
 
Agree with John and Tom. The pillars keep the screws from crushing the stock material, no matter what it is (except for the metal "chassis" stocks), while the epoxy bedding material supports the stock between the pillars. That support may not be necessary, but it makes me feel better. If you're going to install the pillars yourself and have a drill press with a vise to hold the stock in position make sure that the holes in the stock are lined up with the drill press spindle using either a slightly undersize bit or a piece of rod chucked in the drill press, then without moving the stock install the bit for the pillars and drill away. If you drill the stock upside down on the drill press table you won't have to worry about splitting out as the bit comes through the stock because it'll be covered by the bedding compound. You can use 1/4-28 screws with the heads cut off and the ends bevelled as alignment screws to install the pillars or the action screws, but make sure you've got whatever you use well coated with a good release agent (Johnson's paste floor wax or neutral KIWI show polish work very well).

Good luck!
 
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