Judd
Gold $$ Contributor
The last two stocks I’ve bedded I pulled the pillars out ”popping” it out after it had dried 24 hours. These were both Mesa Precision stocks (AG Composite made) that come with them pre-installed. They are knurled pillars that appear just pressed into the stock. I’m using Devcon and outside of this pillar issue I’m very pleased with the lack of air voids and smoothness of the bedding. I am using way more than needed and clean up after setting and having to trim quite a bit after pulling but I’m alright with that based upon the end product I’m getting.
After the first one I thought it was just the fact that the interior of the pillar had rings or is threaded so I drilled this one out to remove those rings. Then I put more clear shoe polish inside the actual pillar thinking this would solve my issues and added even more polish to the bolts and threads.
The good news is, I didn’t pull both out but only the one so I did make some progress…just not quite there yet. My question is…I use a headless bolts and I’m not removing them before popping the stock out of the bedding. Is this the root of my issues? I didn’t think that would create my issue but I’m starting to think that might be what is trying to hold it all together and causing me to pull a pillar loose. There is a fair amount (not a ton but enough i have to drill the pillar out) of epoxy inside the pillar.
Your thoughts…besides I’m a dumb donkey

After the first one I thought it was just the fact that the interior of the pillar had rings or is threaded so I drilled this one out to remove those rings. Then I put more clear shoe polish inside the actual pillar thinking this would solve my issues and added even more polish to the bolts and threads.
The good news is, I didn’t pull both out but only the one so I did make some progress…just not quite there yet. My question is…I use a headless bolts and I’m not removing them before popping the stock out of the bedding. Is this the root of my issues? I didn’t think that would create my issue but I’m starting to think that might be what is trying to hold it all together and causing me to pull a pillar loose. There is a fair amount (not a ton but enough i have to drill the pillar out) of epoxy inside the pillar.
Your thoughts…besides I’m a dumb donkey


