I just got my McMillan Game Scout stock yesterday which was the last peice I needed to complete my build. I was going to go in my shop and bed the action this morning as I have bedded a few guns and all of them shot really well afterward. I had dry fit all the parts to finger bang it a bit and take a few pictures yesterday. Well I pulled the action out of the stock and discovered that I must not have ordered the stock with pillars installed.
Well no big deal I thought as I figured they would be in the box of parts that I kept everything in but cannot find any. I am not sure if I misplaced them or if I just never got any. Either way I got to thinking do I really even need them.
My only concern if I do put them in is that the current holes in the stock for the action screws appear to be about 3/8" diameter eyeballing it and the pillars that I have installed in the past required a 5/8" hole. No biggie as I have a drill bit and have opened up that hole prior to bedding an action to put in the pillars in the past. My concern is that if I would open up the rear action screw hole (the one for the tang) that there would not be much if any fiberglass left between that hole and the inlet area for the trigger. I guess I could have someone machine me one for the rear that would be smaller say 1/2" or so?
But do I really even need them? If so I do not own a lathe so cutting some long then milling them flush is not totally out of the realm of possibility but I do not own that equipment. I could take measurement and have some cut but if I am off then, too short and they are really not doing anything and too long well now I need a mill.
The action is a Surgeon 1086, the stock is a McMillan Game Scout and the bottom metal is Badger M4.
Thanks in advance for your opinions.
Well no big deal I thought as I figured they would be in the box of parts that I kept everything in but cannot find any. I am not sure if I misplaced them or if I just never got any. Either way I got to thinking do I really even need them.
My only concern if I do put them in is that the current holes in the stock for the action screws appear to be about 3/8" diameter eyeballing it and the pillars that I have installed in the past required a 5/8" hole. No biggie as I have a drill bit and have opened up that hole prior to bedding an action to put in the pillars in the past. My concern is that if I would open up the rear action screw hole (the one for the tang) that there would not be much if any fiberglass left between that hole and the inlet area for the trigger. I guess I could have someone machine me one for the rear that would be smaller say 1/2" or so?
But do I really even need them? If so I do not own a lathe so cutting some long then milling them flush is not totally out of the realm of possibility but I do not own that equipment. I could take measurement and have some cut but if I am off then, too short and they are really not doing anything and too long well now I need a mill.
The action is a Surgeon 1086, the stock is a McMillan Game Scout and the bottom metal is Badger M4.
Thanks in advance for your opinions.
