I own two Savage rimfires. One is a 93R17 bull/laminate and the other is a Mark II TR that I just picked up yesterday. I have been reading about bedding or adding pillars. It seems that a good many people feel that adding the thicker bottom metal offered by Savage Gunsmithing is just as effective and a much more simple fix.

This may be a stupid question, but I was wondering if picking up a second piece of the factory bottom metal from someone with a spare would enable me to gain similar results by doubling up the bottom metal. Would this reinforce the area in the same way? What am I missing? Seems like if this produces positive results that the additional piece purchased from Savage wouldn't set someone back anywhere near the current $35 for the aftermarket piece.

Anyone have a spare they want to donate for my experiment?