Should I bed a Mcmillan fiberglass stock?

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I am recieving my new McMillan stock in a week, I spoke to McMillan and asked themif I should bed it and their answer was you should'nt have too.Now what are your guys thoughts on bedding the fiberglass stock and your results? It is a model 70 featherweight. Also what about putting in pillar posts on the stock as well? I am looking for repeatable accuracy so what is the best way to get it on this particular stock and what have been your experiences?
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Elmer
 
elmerdeer said:
I am recieving my new McMillan stock in a week, I spoke to McMillan and asked themif I should bed it and their answer was you should'nt have too.Now what are your guys thoughts on bedding the fiberglass stock and your results? It is a model 70 featherweight. Also what about putting in pillar posts on the stock as well? I am looking for repeatable accuracy so what is the best way to get it on this particular stock and what have been your experiences?
Thanks
Elmer
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I have bedded many of them... just a little bedding with the barrel centered in the channel... Pillars are really only required in very light stocks that may crush when you tighten the screws quite tight.
 
My Mcmillan M40A1 is bedded in MarineTex. The bedding never goes soft, and the only time I have re-bedded it was when I got the new (Fourth one) barrel mounted.
 
I bedded mine in pillars with DEVCON just to see if it would help an otherwise poorly shooting rifle. Groups went from 1 ½” to 2” before to ¼” to 3/8” after. Stock was a MacMillan A-5 on a Rem. 700 Long Action. Best $50.00 I ever spent on a firearm!!!
 
You've spent a great deal of money on the stock, because obviously you wanted a high quality product. Why not have the fit as good as it can possibly be. I had both of my McMillans bedded and it certainly did no harm.
 
I am curious... has anyone been able to crush the bedding on a standard weight or magnum weight McMillan stock (not the very light Edge stock) with no pillars? I haven't seen one. ??? All have been with Remington, Sako, Winchester and Browning actions.


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A friend of mine torque his Savage (with McMillan stock) to 65 in/lb and it cracked. So ya, I'd say pillar and glass bed. Quite dissapointing that Savage wouldn't have spent the extra to pillar bed. I know I would have paid an extra hundered for the feature.
 
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A friend of mine torque his Savage (with McMillan stock) to 65 in/lb and it cracked. So ya, I'd say pillar and glass bed. Quite dissapointing that Savage wouldn't have spent the extra to pillar bed. I know I would have paid an extra hundered for the feature.
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McMillan have a lifetime warranty. What did McMillan have to say about that? Other than it's a Savage. :D
 
This may be just me but if my firearm shoots 1/2 MOA or less without fliers and without bedding, I don't bed. I primarily use A-5's and so far as of yet haven't bed one. Like I said, maybe it's just me. Everyone will have an opinion. Nobody will be right or wrong.
 
One reason to bed the McMillans is that the outside dimensions of the actions change (very slightly) from the start to finish of a given production run, and these dimensions are also (very slightly) variable from run to run. If you are building a precision rig, why put up with larger tolerances than necessary? As for the pillars, I like that the screws stop in the same place each time rather than compressing the stock material. If the screws move beyond these your original index marks, it is because you have over tightened them and the screws have stretched.
 
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