Bedding questions

[summitsitter]

As you all can see from some of my earlier post I am very new to this and I am trying to learn everything I can about making a gun more accurate.

First question... Do you pillar bed AND glass bed the action of the rifle, or just one or the other. I have a ruger 10/22 and a rem 700 I want to try this on.

Second question... What is the best glass to use to bed one. I was looking at Brownell's acrugel bedding kit.

Third question... Do you need to pillar bedd a synthetic stock or just wood stocks.

Thank you guys in advance..

[summitsitter]

Almost forgot...what about the recoil lug. Should I get a different one from the factory one..IF so which one?

[RLB]

I have bedded pillar bedded stocks, both wood and syn. They still need support on the recoil lug and first 2 or so inches of barrel. I like marine tex. Its easy to work with. As far as recoil lugs go, the stock Rem one works fine. I wouldnt use a bigger one unless your changing the barrel and rebedding.

[Kevin Cram]

Summitsitter,
Pillar bedding means it is glass bedded, but, also where the action screws run through the stock there is a steel or alluminum pillar that the action rests upon for a non compressable surface to torque the action screws down onto.
I've tried several different bedding materials over the years and I probably use Marine Tex more than any other. Devcon steel or alluminum putty works just as well but is more expensive. I can get the Marine Tex in a small kit for about $12 and it is the perfect amount to bed a Remington style action with.
I wouldn't waste your time trying to pillar bed or even full action bed a synthetic stock. The tupperware stocks aren't worth the cost to even practice with. There is too much oil in the plastic of those stocks and it's a real bitch trying to make the bedding stick. I prefer to pillar bed all of my rifles rather than just full action bed them, but some kind of bedding is better than none. Good luck.

[summitsitter]

Where do I get this Marine Tex stuff at??

[Buffalobob]

I would think a long time before bedding a 10-22. This is asking for trouble if you do not have any experience at it.

[summitsitter]

Originally Posted by Buffalobob

I would think a long time before bedding a 10-22. This is asking for trouble if you do not have any experience at it.

Please explain some more?????