piller bedding ?

[Frankr]

have some questions about piller bedding a new short range 100/200, benchrest stock.
since i have to do some of the inletting(i have piller bedded quite a few rifles,all have been factory,or fully inleted). inletting i will need to do is depth of action and srew holes,fitting of action down in to stock(depth).
question #1 what is the very best bedding compound?
i plan on measureing the stock and finding the center line to make sure my screw hole are on the center line of the stock.sound right?(mcmillian BR stock)
depth of action? thinking of makeing sure stock is straight and even and then measureing and tapeing a center line on the action,setting the action in half its diameter?
also depth of action uniform front to rear?
bedding will be done in two parts first setting the action and pillers and then full skim coat
of entire action with drilled holes and injected with bedding compund at recoil lugs.what i mean by that is at rear tang and front recoil lug i drill some holes in to stock and inject bedding compound into them to make sure they are filled when i skim coat glass the whole action so i get a good bite in to the stock at the recoil points.(has worked well before).
any one done this before? anyone have any ideas?
this seems to be the way i have planed it out in my head.
read the artical on piller bedding and they reccomend davcron as best bedding compound and kiwi shoe pollish as release agent??
but they dont get into depth of action, action depth even or slightly tilted rearward or any thing like that??

 

[1000yardstare]

FJIM............I just did a pillar bedding job on a Rem 722 action with a Score High kit from Sinclair on an old Fajen prone stock. Rifle is a 6.5x57AI for F Class.

The kit came with complete written instructions and an excellent DVD fully illustrating every step in the process.

The instructions went into tilt of the rear action screw, skim bedding, synthetic stocks, very complete.

The kit contains industrial strength release compound and what Score High calls the best non-shrink epoxy filled with the smallest possible matrix. Also contains some fibreglass flock if you want to thicken the epoxy for a particular spot.

You will need a 5/8 inch drill bit. I used a self-centering Prentice drill bit which cost $20 Canadian.

Didn`t answer all your questions but hope it helps.

 

[RonAKA]

I find Devcon Plastic Steel Putty to be very good. It does not run, and sets to a very hard almost metal like compound. There is no give to it, like you can have with some epoxy or fiberglass resin. On the other hand, if you are trying to do a real thin skim coat, it does not flow out so well. I would worry if you used it for a second coat after the pillars were in and showing as they should to touch the action, the second coat would cover them over. That may be OK, or not depending on how much torque you want to put on the action screws.

I've not done it, but thought during each bedding job, that the ideal way would be to bed in phase one with Devcon Plastic Steel Putty, and then do a second final skim coat with Devcon Plastic Steel Liquid. It would likely flow out better and give you a for real thin coat and not cover the pillars.