How do you guys feel about the shims Ernie the gun smith sell. I ordered some and I was going to play with them and see if I could get my vs to not having any indicator movement after getting the action shimmed with the least possible shims. Then I was going to skim bed the entire action length and just a 1/2" or so of the barrel. Im tired of wasting supplies hoping some magical fairy load will get rid of those flyers that ruin my 5 shot groups. How much pressure do you guys use to hold the action into the stock? Do you use the bolt or some head less alignment bolts and surgical tubing etc. As an automotive machinist I understand how metal will distort under fastener load which is going to occur when the action is torqued in. I am ocd big time and sometimes it drives me nuts. Do you think simple pillars with no support elsewhere is better than slamming an action into a universal bedding bock and cranking on it. My vs barrel climbs big time when loosening either action screw. That action has to be flexed like mad when torqued and it shoots worse at 65 in lbs. than it does at 35. Doesn't savage just use pillars? Very minimal point of contact though to induce clamping force to keep the recoil lug located.
With all this said I have a bone stock [other than trigger work] vls .223 that still has the pressure point and it makes me sick how consistently accurate it is with 40 v-max. It shoots better than I can with no special attention paid to case prep etc.
