Sgt, first off thanks for your service to our country. I just received a couple of the Hart LRT stocks from Stocky's. I also ordered the pillars, because as you stated the website specifically states that you will need them. However, on inspecting my new stocks, I found that both already had a nice set of pillars installed at the factory. I was very pleased that I would not have to do this myself, but not so pleased that I just bought two sets of pillars, for nothing.
A few notes about the stocks: both of mine were absolutely great looking pieces of work, with the exception that one had a slight gouge in the spacer on the recoil pad, but not bad enough to send it back. Both of mine were in-stock items, and shipping was very fast. I test-fit both actions, and both fit very well. In my case I will have to clear out the barrel channel a bit as I will be mounting bull contour barrels (when I receive them..). Also if you are going to use a heavy duty recoil lug, you will have to do some dremel work here too, but for a standard lug it fits perfectly. I'm not sure which trigger guard your rifle has, but these are inletted for the "old style" guards, and these fit perfectly as well. Mine will require some sanding in the tang area in order to achieve a free float, but this is nothing major. I'm gonna give mine a try without bedding them at first, since they already have a good set of pillars, and overall the action fitment is very good. But being the OCD perfectionist I am, I'll probably end up bedding them anyway. Also the action screws ended up being a little short on mine, I could only get a couple of threads into the action holes, so I decided to find some longer ones, and cut them down as needed. All in all, not a complete drop-in fit for my specific applications, but very close, and well worth the sale prices I paid.
Hope yours works out well.
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