Glass bedding stocks has turned into a gun culture ritual with little return and less science. It is mostly judged by how good it looks with the action out of the stock.
But I have been making pillars for Mausers, Rem700s, Sav 110s, and Mosin Nagants for 10 years and I am not about to stop.
It is not because it can do no harm. Bad bedding can put a bind on the barrel and makes a fast wandered point of impact.
As the books say, there are two ways to do it:
a) Have epoxy touch the barreled action in three spots; 1) around the front action screw, 2) around the rear action screw, and 3) behind the recoil lug.
b) Have epoxy touch the barreled action nearly everywhere.
I have gone the way of the three spots.
What does it all mean?
I don't have epoxy touching the barrel any more, but other guys do.