Savage rear pillar

[AlNyhus]

There was a recent thread on here referencing Savage pillar bedding and excessive movement after bedding. For whatever reason, the thread seems to have vanished...maybe deleted by the original poster??? We had a discussion about my approach to it but then it vanished into the vortex of the interweb.

Anyway, here's an approach I've used for a while to get good results. The pillar isn't notched to clear the sear. Instead, the sear is notched to clear the pillar. To stabilize the pillar, I make an aluminum strut that surrounds the lower pillar. That gets epoxied into the stock and to the pillar after the initial epoxying of the pillar and prior to the bedding. It really stabilizes the rear pillar. On this stock, I prebedded it prior to this step and before doing the final bedding.

Hopefully the O.P. will chime in.

For what it's worth.....

 

[Cloudrepair]

Do you have a picture of it after bedding compoundis added?

 

[Cloudrepair]

I'm about to do a savage it's an older one so may not need the strut but you never know.

 

[AlNyhus]

No pics of it after epoxying it in place. If yours is a top bolt release, you may have to do a bit of clearance work for that.

 

[DShortt]

Go Fish.

 

[AlNyhus]

Go Fish.

Was that you I was discussing this with? For some reason, all my PM's have vanished.

If it was you, hopefully this may be of some help.

 

[medicineman]

Sounds like a good idea, but it does have downfalls. Gordy Gritters done this once, and found out that the sear modification tends to stress the sear and eventually cracks it. The best way is to bed the full pillar, and trim it after bedding.

 

[DShortt]

I'm not interested in modifying the sear.

In my view, it's a design limitation concerning the available bedding area in the rear and 'is what it is'. Plenty of Savage rifles shoot quite well including mine so I'm just backing out of this particular 'rabbit hole'.

 

[boltfluter]

Al has forgotten more about bedding than this Gordy guy ever knew! Al is the bedding master. Lol.
Paul

 

[AlNyhus]

I started notching the Savage sears in the late '90's....no issues so far. Two of the guns are a pals high volume 'dog guns and are on their third barrels since being bedded with notched sears. Not that something couldn't happen, of course.

Good shootin' -Al

 

[Will Henry]

I never thought of notching the sear. Seems like a good idea to me. WH

 

[Rat Rifle]

I never thought of notching the sear. Seems like a good idea to me. WH

They have been known to crack.

 

[Fuj]

They have been known to crack.

I know of a couple, and one was mine on an old model. Yeah they
shoot I solved my bedding problems years ago from the point the
full chassis V-block systems came into being. Never looked back.

Always good reading Al.....

 

[JFrank]

The last Savage model 12 I had, the rear pillar was notched to clear the trigger. I didn’t have any issues at all and the gun shot great without bedding.
Go figure

 

[DShortt]

The last Savage model 12 I had, the rear pillar was notched to clear the trigger. I didn’t have any issues at all and the gun shot great without bedding.
Go figure

And you'll continue to sleep good every night unless you decide to buy a bedding checker and fall off the map.
No such thing as absolutes, though there's always some who will dispute that.
Seems more like marketing to me, but that's just my opinion.
A bit of perspective is probably in order. Savage actions start dominating matches that are verified with a bedding tester, then I'd say it's something to consider. Until then, I'm not gonna fret about it. Otherwise, it's just nitpicking. I'll say poor support in the rear action screw area isn't the biggest drawback they have and leave it at that.

 

[JFrank]

And you'll continue to sleep good every night unless you decide to buy a bedding checker and fall off the map

I didn’t have any problems at all. The rifle shot better than you could imagine, no need for a bedding checker looking for a problem that didn’t exist.

 

[DShortt]

I didn’t have any problems at all. The rifle shot better than you could imagine, no need for a bedding checker looking for a problem that didn’t exist.

My experience as well. Sorry if I didn't convey that thought. My issue was, I looked before deciding it wasn't an issue.