Originally Posted By: varminter .223I bedded a 700 swift into a full aluminum bed HS. I used bed heads from Ernie the gunsmith to eliminate as much action stress as possible. I put a magnetic base dial indicator on the barrel and put the indicator on the bottom of the forearm. Shims come in various thicknesses and you shim until you are just above the bed .005" or so and there is the least amount of indicator travel when the front action screw is snugged and loosened. I think the same could be done with pillars.
The bedding should be the contact point, not the pillars. I've used the pillar shims from EtGS, but they really should only be used temporarily as the bedding sets to ensure the pillar is not making metal to metal contact after the shim is removed. No sense in glass bedding if you end up putting shims under the action then to remove contact - in that case, all you've done is turned your action into a bridge.
