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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1242299" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>The reason for removing aluminum in the rear of the lug area is to get clearance for bedding material. Most bedding blocks are designed to have the lug in contact with the back of the lug area</p><p>and little if any compound can get behind the lug to give 100% contact helping the recoil lug avoid bending or at best flexing. also most of the time the slot is not located correctly in order to center the action screws in the pillars and if they contact the pillars anywhere but the ends, they become recoil lugs and really hurt the consistency.</p><p></p><p>On the compression rating, recoil is momentarily and should not compress and yield. but the action screws apply constant pressure and can give the bedding time to compress and yield changing/lowering the torque. also the reasoning behind the pillar bedding is to take this constant load and stabilize/eliminate any bedding being compressed leaving the bedding to hold the action in the same place each time it is fired. (A true stress free bedding is what we are looking for and with the pillars taking the torque this is the optimum condition for consistency). If pillars are not used, over time the bedding or the stock will yield to the constant torque.</p><p></p><p>Many bench rest shooters actually glue there action to the stock with bedding material and just</p><p>leave the action screws off. (Some install them with Loctite and just screw them in hand tight with no torque). Of Corse this is not practical for our type of hunting and with the big magnums so we try to get the same results by using pillars with our bedding system. Barrel blocks are another way to eliminate or minimize this problem but again it is not practical for a hunting rifle.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1242299, member: 2736"] The reason for removing aluminum in the rear of the lug area is to get clearance for bedding material. Most bedding blocks are designed to have the lug in contact with the back of the lug area and little if any compound can get behind the lug to give 100% contact helping the recoil lug avoid bending or at best flexing. also most of the time the slot is not located correctly in order to center the action screws in the pillars and if they contact the pillars anywhere but the ends, they become recoil lugs and really hurt the consistency. On the compression rating, recoil is momentarily and should not compress and yield. but the action screws apply constant pressure and can give the bedding time to compress and yield changing/lowering the torque. also the reasoning behind the pillar bedding is to take this constant load and stabilize/eliminate any bedding being compressed leaving the bedding to hold the action in the same place each time it is fired. (A true stress free bedding is what we are looking for and with the pillars taking the torque this is the optimum condition for consistency). If pillars are not used, over time the bedding or the stock will yield to the constant torque. Many bench rest shooters actually glue there action to the stock with bedding material and just leave the action screws off. (Some install them with Loctite and just screw them in hand tight with no torque). Of Corse this is not practical for our type of hunting and with the big magnums so we try to get the same results by using pillars with our bedding system. Barrel blocks are another way to eliminate or minimize this problem but again it is not practical for a hunting rifle. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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