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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 816415" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>IMO, the best bedding system is an aluminum bedding block. One can skim bed that if desired.</p><p> </p><p>Generally speaking, whether to pillar bed or glass bed is highly dependent on action type. Tubular actions like Remington or Savage generally respond best to being pillar bedded. Flat bottomed actions with an integral recoil lug such as a Mauser, Winchester Model 70, or Ruger Model 77 often respond very well to glass bedding. The Ruger and Mauser often have or need to be bedded with pillars where the rear action screw meets the receiver tang. I have pillar bedded the front action screw of a Ruger Model 77, but it is not a straightforward proposition.</p><p> </p><p>Keep in mind that stock material plays a role as well. Though it is possible to bed the plastic type synthetic stocks, I prefer to work with wood or wood laminate because they tend to be more rigid and bedding compound adheres to them more easily. Every fiberglass synthetic stock I have owned had an integral bedding block, so I have no experience bedding a fiberglass stock.</p><p> </p><p>If memory serves, the Gunsmithing Made Easy book that I referenced earlier showed a nifty bedding technique that involved using bedding compound to form the action pillars. Especially if one uses something like Marine Tex or Steel Bed, I think that would be the best pillar bedding technique to use because of the inherently precise fit such a technique would produce between the action and the "pillars."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 816415, member: 22069"] IMO, the best bedding system is an aluminum bedding block. One can skim bed that if desired. Generally speaking, whether to pillar bed or glass bed is highly dependent on action type. Tubular actions like Remington or Savage generally respond best to being pillar bedded. Flat bottomed actions with an integral recoil lug such as a Mauser, Winchester Model 70, or Ruger Model 77 often respond very well to glass bedding. The Ruger and Mauser often have or need to be bedded with pillars where the rear action screw meets the receiver tang. I have pillar bedded the front action screw of a Ruger Model 77, but it is not a straightforward proposition. Keep in mind that stock material plays a role as well. Though it is possible to bed the plastic type synthetic stocks, I prefer to work with wood or wood laminate because they tend to be more rigid and bedding compound adheres to them more easily. Every fiberglass synthetic stock I have owned had an integral bedding block, so I have no experience bedding a fiberglass stock. If memory serves, the Gunsmithing Made Easy book that I referenced earlier showed a nifty bedding technique that involved using bedding compound to form the action pillars. Especially if one uses something like Marine Tex or Steel Bed, I think that would be the best pillar bedding technique to use because of the inherently precise fit such a technique would produce between the action and the "pillars." [/QUOTE]
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