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Should you need a barreled action to do a new pillar bed screwin stock? Can you do it with just the action or do you need a barrel installed so as to bed the first few inches of the barrel? Asking as my rifles are currently just glued in.
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[joshb]

You need a barrel on it to center the action in the stock. The action is too short by itself to get perfect alignment.

 

[Edd]

For myself, I need a barreled action. I don't bed any of the barrel but I don't know how to bed the action so the barrel is positioned correctly unless the barrel is attached when I bed it.

 

[JMayo]

No bedding on the barrel

 

[Schutzen2]

I just ordered some aluminum bar stock to make a couple of dummy barrels to use for this purpose. It's a bit of a pia to bed with the full weight of the barrel installed but you do need something for alignment. I don't think they will need to be any longer than about 16 inches.

 

[MGYSGT]

I just ordered some aluminum bar stock to make a couple of dummy barrels to use for this purpose. It's a bit of a pia to bed with the full weight of the barrel installed but you do need something for alignment. I don't think they will need to be any longer than about 16 inches.

You wrap electrical tape around the barrel near the end of the stock (just in one spot). Use whatever is needed to align the barrel and gives you the free float at the same time.