All I can comment on is #3:
Can't imagine it being worth the effort even if you could do it. Pillar-bedding is inexpensive and so easy to do. I've done a couple with the Accustock and they turned out fine. and I am not all that "gifted" in the fine arts of do-it-yourself projects such as these.
Correction: I said I bedded accustocks, I meant Tacticools.
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