Pillar bedding in a Boyd's stock

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Based on my experience, be careful using a drill bit to open up the holes in a laminated wood stock. If the bit grabs, it will split and break out chunks of laminate wood. I've had better luck using a dremel tool with a small sanding drum or router. I've never used the Stocky pillars, but I've installed various aftermarket pillars in a number of Boyd's stocks over the last 10 years. Wrap two layers of painter tape around the stock screws to center in pillars and attach the pillars to the action. I usually bed the bottom half of the pillars in the stock floating the barrel and tang. Then come back and do the final bedding of the recoil lug and action. Before doing the final bedding, check to make sure the bolt head is going to push feed a cartridge from the magazine. I've made the mistake of pillar bedding an action only to find the magazine lips were too low and the bolt head would not pick up a round from the magazine.