Help with Savage MkII - measure action pillars ?

[tammons]

I have a Savage MkII in a Oryx chassis that I cant get to settle down.
I had this action in a Boyds wood stock and it shot pretty well.
Like an occasional 3/4 moa at 100 yards if I am doing my part.

But when I put the action in the Oryx chassis (torqued to 20 in/lb) it was shooting about 4 moa low compared to the Boyds stock.

Since the action mounts to the stock on the two threaded pillars, I would like to measure each when torqued to find out if they are actually flat and level.

Any good way to do this?

I am thinking to plastigage one pillar and torque the other one, then visa versa.

Not sure if that would work or not.

Any advice welcome.

[dfrosch]

Dykem might show the high and low spots. It wouldn't show how high or low. https://www.amazon.com/Dykem-80300-Steel-Layout-Brush/dp/B0018ACR6G

Or, you could just mix a tiny bit of bedding compound and bed the action studs.

[dfrosch]

If you need to make headless screws for guides, DIP Inc is the only source I've found for 12-32 screws. Their website is kinda slow, so be patient.
https://www.diproductsinc.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=718013&CAT=5627

Sharpshooter has advocated tapping the studs out to 1/4"-28.