270fan
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Which is better. Pros & cons? Thannks
Pillar bed or glass bed?
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EddieHarren
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This has been beat to death on this, and other forums for years. The only other topics that come close are Moly or not, and Barrel break-in. If you have a bolt action rifle and you want the best bedding job available, go pillars and epoxy. Forget "glass bedding".
specweldtom
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I like Brownells Steelbed and pillars together. The Steelbed cures slow, but it doesn't run and drip all over the place. The pillars prevent slow crushing on wood stocks with action screws torqued to 75-85 in/lbs. This torque range seems to help hold hard kicking rifles better than 65 in/lbs. Be sure that the action screws don't touch anywhere on the bore of the pillars. If they bear any part of the recoil, the rifle will not settle down. Also, fit your own action screws to get full thread engagement in the receiver. Make the ends fit flush with the inside of the receiver and don't grind any thread lead on them. Use socket heads because they are easy to torque.
Just one opinion on a popular subject. Tom
Just one opinion on a popular subject. Tom
I'll agree pillars are the best after having a problem with a rifle that all of a sudden with south /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif The bedding had collapsed..or the wood under it. So now pillars are in. No need to beat a dead horse twice. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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Chawlston
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My gunsmith does both. He installs pillars because they will never wear out and he also beds the entire action to ensure you can remove it and replace in into the stock in exactly the same place. We all know that glue-ins are the most accurate becasue they make the whole setup monolithic (ie one-piece). Using pillars and full bedding of the action is the closest to a glue-in. My 2 cents.
James
Which is better. Pros & cons? Thannks
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My gunsmith does both. He installs pillars because they will never wear out and he also beds the entire action to ensure you can remove it and replace in into the stock in exactly the same place. We all know that glue-ins are the most accurate becasue they make the whole setup monolithic (ie one-piece). Using pillars and full bedding of the action is the closest to a glue-in. My 2 cents.
James
CatShooter
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... go pillars and epoxy. Forget "glass bedding".
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How can you go epoxie and forget glass bedding - epoxie and glass bedding are different words for the same thing???
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... go pillars and epoxy. Forget "glass bedding".
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How can you go epoxie and forget glass bedding - epoxie and glass bedding are different words for the same thing???
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James Jones
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If your gonna piller bed a gun you should go ahaead and "glass" bed it. Personaly from now on I'm only gonna be using Brownells Steel Bed as my bedding compound./
Glass bedding is a broad rangeing term , the use of defferant compunds to bed with ranging from cheap wal-mart epoxy to hightech titanium mixed epoxys , alot of guys use JB Weld and Marine-Tex with great results.
Glass bedding is a broad rangeing term , the use of defferant compunds to bed with ranging from cheap wal-mart epoxy to hightech titanium mixed epoxys , alot of guys use JB Weld and Marine-Tex with great results.
Buffalobob
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epoxie and glass bedding are different words for the same thing
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Actually, there is a lot of difference.
epoxie and glass bedding are different words for the same thing
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Actually, there is a lot of difference.
J E Custom
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pillars are instaled to give 100% metal to metal makeup
so torque on beding screws can remain constant.
All stock materials can be compressed so pillars are
installed.
bedding positions the action and contacts it up to
100% depending on the requirments and type of shooting
to be done.
Glueing the action does the same but is to extreme for
most .
All these things are done to make the weapon more
consistent under different conditions.
I like to pillar and bed the action and float the barrel
And by the way an old (very old) trick to remove a glue
or beded in action is to place the rifle in the freezer
for 24hrs and remove placing the rifle on your lap barrel
down use a rubber mallet to strike the barrel while holding
the stock just off your lap. The shock and the different
co efficient of expansion of the materials makes it break
loose easy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
The type of beding is a personal choice .I prefer the
steel bed or accuglass gel for most jobs. But there are
other good brands out there.
Hope this helps
J E CUSTOM
pillars are instaled to give 100% metal to metal makeup
so torque on beding screws can remain constant.
All stock materials can be compressed so pillars are
installed.
bedding positions the action and contacts it up to
100% depending on the requirments and type of shooting
to be done.
Glueing the action does the same but is to extreme for
most .
All these things are done to make the weapon more
consistent under different conditions.
I like to pillar and bed the action and float the barrel
And by the way an old (very old) trick to remove a glue
or beded in action is to place the rifle in the freezer
for 24hrs and remove placing the rifle on your lap barrel
down use a rubber mallet to strike the barrel while holding
the stock just off your lap. The shock and the different
co efficient of expansion of the materials makes it break
loose easy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
The type of beding is a personal choice .I prefer the
steel bed or accuglass gel for most jobs. But there are
other good brands out there.
Hope this helps
J E CUSTOM
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Chawlston
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pillars are instaled to give 100% metal to metal makeup
so torque on beding screws can remain constant.
All stock materials can be compressed so pillars are
installed.
bedding positions the action and contacts it up to
100% depending on the requirments and type of shooting
to be done.
Glueing the action does the same but is to extreme for
most .
All these things are done to make the weapon more
consistent under different conditions.
I like to pillar and bed the action and float the barrel
And by the way an old (very old) trick to remove a glue
or beded in action is to place the rifle in the freezer
for 24hrs and remove placing the rifle on your lap barrel
down use a rubber mallet to strike the barrel while holding
the stock just off your lap. The shock and the different
co efficient of expansion of the materials makes it break
loose easy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
The type of beding is a personal choice .I prefer the
steel bed or accuglass gel for most jobs. But there are
other good brands out there.
Hope this helps
J E CUSTOM
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Yup, sounds real familiar. All of mine that are not glued in, are pillar bedded with all voids filled with epoxy to get as much contact as possible with the barrel free-floated. I have been known to hang some heavy barrels (32" 1.250" straight tube w/o any taper) on my actions and they all work extremely well.
James
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pillars are instaled to give 100% metal to metal makeup
so torque on beding screws can remain constant.
All stock materials can be compressed so pillars are
installed.
bedding positions the action and contacts it up to
100% depending on the requirments and type of shooting
to be done.
Glueing the action does the same but is to extreme for
most .
All these things are done to make the weapon more
consistent under different conditions.
I like to pillar and bed the action and float the barrel
And by the way an old (very old) trick to remove a glue
or beded in action is to place the rifle in the freezer
for 24hrs and remove placing the rifle on your lap barrel
down use a rubber mallet to strike the barrel while holding
the stock just off your lap. The shock and the different
co efficient of expansion of the materials makes it break
loose easy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
The type of beding is a personal choice .I prefer the
steel bed or accuglass gel for most jobs. But there are
other good brands out there.
Hope this helps
J E CUSTOM
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Yup, sounds real familiar. All of mine that are not glued in, are pillar bedded with all voids filled with epoxy to get as much contact as possible with the barrel free-floated. I have been known to hang some heavy barrels (32" 1.250" straight tube w/o any taper) on my actions and they all work extremely well.
James
EddieHarren
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Catshooter, not in my shop they aren't. Haven't used acra-glass or acra-gel for years. Brownells Steel Bed is my favorite. By the way when I first learned about "glass bedding" the old timers were using Fiberglass resin and a hardener. Hence the term "glass" bedding. But different people use different products and I'm sure that is why, "They don't only make Vanilla".
CatShooter
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Catshooter, not in my shop they aren't. Haven't used acra-glass or acra-gel for years. Brownells Steel Bed is my favorite. By the way when I first learned about "glass bedding" the old timers were using Fiberglass resin and a hardener. Hence the term "glass" bedding. But different people use different products and I'm sure that is why, "They don't only make Vanilla".
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DocEd...
They are generic terms - I haven't used "accraglass" in twenty years - I also use Brownells "Steel bed" and sometimes Devcon titanium or steel.
But epoxie is generically called glass, and visa versa, even when it doesn't have fiber glass in it - arguing about samantics is silly.
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Catshooter, not in my shop they aren't. Haven't used acra-glass or acra-gel for years. Brownells Steel Bed is my favorite. By the way when I first learned about "glass bedding" the old timers were using Fiberglass resin and a hardener. Hence the term "glass" bedding. But different people use different products and I'm sure that is why, "They don't only make Vanilla".
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DocEd...
They are generic terms - I haven't used "accraglass" in twenty years - I also use Brownells "Steel bed" and sometimes Devcon titanium or steel.
But epoxie is generically called glass, and visa versa, even when it doesn't have fiber glass in it - arguing about samantics is silly.
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EddieHarren
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Catshooter, I agree fully. Argument, for arquments sake, should be reserved for our political leaders. Good Shootin', DocEd.
coues7
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So if one has a stock that has an aluminum bedding block (say an H-s Precision).....does one still drill the aluminum block and and put pillars as well as "glass, steel, JB weld" bedding?
I thought that the whole purpose of the aluminum bedding block was to be similar to pillars....so all you would do is to "glass...etc" bed? Correct?
I thought that the whole purpose of the aluminum bedding block was to be similar to pillars....so all you would do is to "glass...etc" bed? Correct?
