I don't know where you read about the screw\lift up \torque test thing. I've never heard of such a test.....but I'm not going to say that I've read nor heard of everything out there on the internet, the Bible, or the world. But....that "test" would make me a bit skeptical.
The whole idea of bedding the action is to have the action fit "snugly" and securely to the stock, so that every time you pull the trigger, the recoil and the guns vibrations will act in the same manner and give each bullet the same barrel vibration upon it's travel and exit down\out of the tube.
So....with that....your action and recoil lug should be bedded. The bottom of the lug should be free from touching anything, as well as it's side and front. The tang in the rear should also be free floating, and the action should be sitting on a solid "mass" of smooth bedding compound with hopefully the bottom of the action just touching the pillar's or darn close to 'em.
The sides of the action can have bedding on it....but I prefer mine not to have it. I sand mine down about .5" so the sides of the action do not touch the stock. But.....that's just what I do.
I would make sense if you torque down both screws with enough torque (say 50in\lbs) and then loosen the front screw. I would not be surprised at all if the front of the action rose a little.....if the gun were not bedded, or properly bedded. After all, the rear part of the rear pillar is usually only half cut and supported on the front side.
MHO
Dave
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