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With a single layer of painters blue tap place in the stock (under the receiver) to serve as a shim to allow space for bedding the receiver, and the barrel wrapped with tape at the front of the stock to hold it in position, the barreled action was placed in the stock. Allowing the receiver to sit in the stock, measurements were taken for the pillar heights.
With the pillars cut to approximate length, they were dry fitting to the stock for final fitting. A small brass washer was used on top of each pillar to contact the bottom of the receiver stands-offs, and each pillar was threaded in until the pillar/washer came in firm contact with the stand-offs. The final fitting was to allow the rear pillar to end flush with the trigger guard inlet and the front to be flush with the bottom of the DIP bottom metal.
With the pillars fitted, each was bonded in place using JB Weld. The pillars were threaded in to the correct height (brass washers in place) and then the barreled action was screwed down against the pillars while the epoxy dried to ensure the top of the pillars sat square to the bottom of the receiver stand-offs. Once the epoxy cured, the front pillar had the typical pour of JB Weld around it for further reinforcement. With this arrangement, both pillars are fully supported by the “chassis” made up of the c-channel insert and the DIP metal, as well as being secured directly to the stock with epoxy/adhesive. A traditional bedding job was then done on the receiver and trigger guard.
Front pillar, top view. Held in place by both the thick DIP bottom metal and the usual epoxy "pour" around it.
Front pillar, bottom view. The pillar is threaded into the DIP bottom metal ending flush with the bottom of the metal.
Rear pillar, top view. It is threaded through both the c-channel and the stock and epoxied in place.
Rear pillar, bottom view. The pillar ends flush with the trigger guard inletting, with the TG bedded.
Before the action is installed, a brass washer is placed on top of each pillar. These washers were in place when the pillar height was set.
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