Should I pillar bed my stock or buy an HS Prcision?

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Clemmo

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I'm looking to get a little more accuracy from my Remington BDL 30-06 synthetic, so I'm thinking of having the stock pillar bedded/ barrel free floated and having a new trigger installed. Eventually I may also opt for a different barrel.

My question is would I be better off buying a new stock instead or go ahead with the pillar bedding?
 
Usually factory synthetic stocks aren't that hot unless they are the exception that are made by HS Precision or McMillan. Even the HS Precision stock needs to be bedded if you're looking for max accuracy. Think about it. Do you think they can make a stock that will have 100% contact on every receiver? They can't. If you are looking to upgrade, which is a good idea if you plan to rebarrel in the future, check out www.tacticalstocks.com They carry McMillan stocks for a good price and all you have to do is get them bedded. Click on fiberglass stocks and then there's a list. If you plan on hunting with your rifle get the McMillan A1 style. They are light weight and also the same stock the Marine Corps uses on their M40A1 sniper rifle. They have one now on the list for only $240.

What do you plan to do with the rifle? That is kind of a big piece in determining what stock to get.
 
Rob01, tell me more about the idea that even pillar bedded stocks need to be [glass?] bedded for top accuracy. Seems to me that straight pillar bedding is the way to go if your talking a "working" rather than range gun. Cleaning solvents can eventually soften the bedding material, and then you'd have to rebed, correct?

I guess it would depend on what the gun is being used for. Rod Ryan (Storm Mountain) prefers pillar bedded stocks because the action can be removed easily for cleaning, then reinstalled. As long as you torque the action screws back to 65 inch pounds, you should see no variance from zero.

FWIW, all my .308 bolt guns wear HS Precision stocks. Clemmo, I recommend the HS Precision stocks highly.
 
If the H&S stock on my VS 308 needs to be bedded for max accuracy, I guess I'd better get to work! I'm currently getting groups under 1/4 inch, but would like to get more if I can. What exactly do they do in order to improve the bedding on an H&S precision stock?:cool:
 
I don't hunt, but would like to have the most accurate bolt action that I can afford.
I started out with a BDL with the idea of gradually turning into the equivalent of something like the M40A1.

If I buy an H-S Pecision stock for my factory barrel, and a year from now decide to re-barrel with a larger o.d. barrel, can that stock be modified to accept the larger diameter barrel?
 
I have heard that you really don't want to start grinding a whole lot on some Kevlar/synthetic stocks as you will be removing or damaging the material which gives it strength.
 
David sounds like you got one that is bedded just fine with the aluminum. You're lucky. My 300WM I would set in the stock and the receiver would move all over until snugging the screws to 65in/lbs. Like I said. One size doesn't fit all. Consider yourself lucky because I've seen a few others that aren't tight either. My .308 that was bedded in a McMillan stock is damn tight and won't budge even when the screws aren't tightened.

Legionnaire, steel bedding is best when done with the pillars. The steel bedding compound grabs around the receiver holding it tight and the pillars keep it so when you remove it and tighten back in there won't be any settling of the compound. They both should be done. If you use a good compound like Marine Tex the solvents won't really bother it. The older bedding compunds were really suseptable to softening from solvents but the newer ones are very good and don't soften.
 
Clemmo
Just a thought....check out http://www.brownells.com/Products/productDetails.asp?ProductID=159225700&CategoryID=0
This stock completely free floats the barreland is molded around a full lenth aluminum pillar bedded block. I have my Savage 110FP in one.
Tighten the furnished allwn head heat treated bolts and the action is not moving. It is a good hefty stock with a lot of built in things to help. Flat fore arm bottom with ridges, flat butt bottom with ridges for use with sandbags. A wide palm swell, additioals check weld and butt pad spacers.

$141.00 if you can find a buddy that has a deal account to order you one for cost.

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Just a thought

Karsten
 
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