I bought a Boyd's Prairie Hunter for a Savage 111 and I was planning on pillar bedding it. I have everything I need to do it, but I have an issue.

Their are 2 horizontal rods running through the stock that I will have to drill through in order to enlarge the stock to accept the pillars. The rear pin in particular will almost be two separate parts when I finish.

Should I simply bed it and not worry about the pillar? I really want to put in pillars as I want to learn, it was the whole point of buying a rather inexpensive stock. I don't want to damage the stock's integrity, however.

I hope someone here has experience with this and can give me some advice.

I can post pictures when I get home later.