Quote Originally Posted by daviscustom View Post
Nope, what you are talking about is a full length bedding block that the receiver/barrel rests in.

Pillar bedding just makes it so you can torque your receiver screws consistently without the stock crushing when you tighten it down....just like Thomae said.
Got it--I just assumed that all stocks had to have a pillar bed--do finished rifles ever come without them?