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Pillar bedding pros & cons
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<blockquote data-quote="THOMAST" data-source="post: 109866" data-attributes="member: 4542"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> THE way to go if done by someone who knows what they are doing. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>This seems to be the crux of the matter: how is it done properly? Is the pillar cut to a radius to match the bearing surface of the action(a Remington700)? Will this alone give you the tolerances required? Or is a bedding compound still needed over the pillar, once installed? If this is the case, why radius the pillar in the first place?</p><p>I'm after specifics please. I'm still undecided on which way to go - is reinforced glass fibre and resin strong enough to do the job, considering that it is a 7mm08 shooting 140gr bullets?</p><p>Please remember that I'm in South Africa and I have to make these components myself.. sheez! wish there was a Brownells or Midway local /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THOMAST, post: 109866, member: 4542"] [ QUOTE ] THE way to go if done by someone who knows what they are doing. [/ QUOTE ] This seems to be the crux of the matter: how is it done properly? Is the pillar cut to a radius to match the bearing surface of the action(a Remington700)? Will this alone give you the tolerances required? Or is a bedding compound still needed over the pillar, once installed? If this is the case, why radius the pillar in the first place? I'm after specifics please. I'm still undecided on which way to go - is reinforced glass fibre and resin strong enough to do the job, considering that it is a 7mm08 shooting 140gr bullets? Please remember that I'm in South Africa and I have to make these components myself.. sheez! wish there was a Brownells or Midway local [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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