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I was building a comp gun based on a BAT with integrated rail (short and rigid receiver), and after various delays getting things I had just got the barrel chambered and screwed on and I wanted to shoot a match that weekend. I did a quick dremel hack job just to get it in a wood stock and it shot great. Later when I had time I did a nice aluminum pillar/block and epoxy bedding job and it shot exactly the same. The zero didn't even budge. Last edited by flyrod; 12-04-2018 at 07:11 PM. |
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I purchased recently a Cooper Varminter(21) with wood stock in 20TAC. My first 20 cal, and first Cooper. I now have a nice example. I plan to pillar bed it.
Years ago we used to skim coat with epoxy the action proper and throught we were the cats. After a while, the skim crushed, and the wood warped; so went the regularity of the rifle sorta speak. I learned about pillar bedding in my benchrest days. I had two benchrest rifles built, a light and a heavy varmint. Both were synthetic stocks......and pillared with a skim coat in between, recoil lug area built up. I was told then that the pillar job probably would suffice, but if I wanted to go to glue in, the basis of foundation was in place with the previous pillaring. I started out with a 40x-br in 6x47 and 222; wood factory stocked. Both shot ok, but once pillared, both were consistent and good year to year. So guess that got me on the wagon of pillaring. I do not think pillars need to be necessarily metal, several guys used fiberglass rod with good success. I think most are aluminum, guess due to weight maybe. Both pillars ought to be the same material though, bolts do not touch etc etc usual stuff. I am not one to pillar a laminated stock so far, wood is toughened with the resins against crush and moisture, and are heavy enough as is really. In my state, humidity is a killer at times. No sweat box for rust blue please. I love the look of wood, straight or figured still..........but those stocks are sealed the best I can, and the pillars are there in place. Some woods like the claros are fairly soft and porous in my opinion. So guess I am a believer in pillaring, no matter whose rifle or who built it for me. Experience, good and bad; over time has lead me to that conclusion along with too big of a torque wrench.............that is gone with the Schwinn finally..............slow learner here. Last edited by rick w.; 12-04-2018 at 07:41 PM. |
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