I have an old 721 remington that is a wood stock, not floated or bedded in any manner, same as it came from the facory in 1952 and the POI hasnt changed since i sighted it in 9 years ago 1/2moa withhandloads, maybe i got lucky !

That being said, If your stock is not pillar bedded but your action screws are tightening against metatl (metal tigger guard, ect) is pillaring still nessescary if your action is glass bedded? seems like the induced stresses from tightening would be spread out over a large area of the stock and would be lessened a great deal and you wouldnt crush much