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Shallow front pillar issue
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<blockquote data-quote="VinceMule" data-source="post: 3071944" data-attributes="member: 122164"><p>The older benchrest gunsmiths would never put a pillar in contact with an action. Some insisted that it set up strange harmonics, and with their match winning rifles in the Nationals, they were listened to. Magazine pictures showing pillars in contact with the action has swayed readers that the opposite of the above is true. Whether or not it is true, I will leave to others with more experience. I consider that the stock which the pillars are installed in is of major importance. Anyone that is interested, you may want to contact Tom Meridith who is still in business and started out stocking most of Fred Sinclair's rifles. Some fiberglass stocks have a light fill where the action area could be compressed with a strong hand on the stock screws, thus the invention of glue in stocks started to eliminate stress on the action.</p><p></p><p>I have done both ways, and contoured pillars are impressive to look at making a lasting impression.</p><p></p><p>The issue of the pillar installation is just a small part of a number of issues that accuracy gunsmiths use to tune their rifles. </p><p></p><p>It is just my opinion, I believe that there is more to how vibration/harmonics in a rifle's final tune is set up by the stock. For this reason, I like McMillen Solid Fill stocks that are heavier, they use the same fill that is typically under the action, throughout the forearm and butt. I also love laminate stocks, in how easy they are to tune to very tiny groups, pillar bedded.</p><p></p><p>When bedding, it helps iso not just bed once, but to add a skim coat bedding after the first cure. This has long been a secret of some of the very best gunsmiths that are now dead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VinceMule, post: 3071944, member: 122164"] The older benchrest gunsmiths would never put a pillar in contact with an action. Some insisted that it set up strange harmonics, and with their match winning rifles in the Nationals, they were listened to. Magazine pictures showing pillars in contact with the action has swayed readers that the opposite of the above is true. Whether or not it is true, I will leave to others with more experience. I consider that the stock which the pillars are installed in is of major importance. Anyone that is interested, you may want to contact Tom Meridith who is still in business and started out stocking most of Fred Sinclair's rifles. Some fiberglass stocks have a light fill where the action area could be compressed with a strong hand on the stock screws, thus the invention of glue in stocks started to eliminate stress on the action. I have done both ways, and contoured pillars are impressive to look at making a lasting impression. The issue of the pillar installation is just a small part of a number of issues that accuracy gunsmiths use to tune their rifles. It is just my opinion, I believe that there is more to how vibration/harmonics in a rifle's final tune is set up by the stock. For this reason, I like McMillen Solid Fill stocks that are heavier, they use the same fill that is typically under the action, throughout the forearm and butt. I also love laminate stocks, in how easy they are to tune to very tiny groups, pillar bedded. When bedding, it helps iso not just bed once, but to add a skim coat bedding after the first cure. This has long been a secret of some of the very best gunsmiths that are now dead. [/QUOTE]
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