I don't ever pad the barrel. I put a piece of painter's tape just in front of the lug on the stock and covers forward of the barrel a couple of inches out. When you bed, after curing, you can snap off the extra compound very neatly and no clean up and no interference with the barrel portion at all. Look at a chassis rifle, they don't bed the barrel at all. If you were to pillar and bed at the same time, you would have a more homogenous bed without the small mounds made around the pillars that have to be cleaned up back to original height. You can also wrap your action screws in tape and spray with release agent and install. I use surgical tubing to clamp the action. Over drill the pillar holes until the pillars are free floating, then when installed everything will be perfectly centered without the screws touching the pillars inside the bores. Hope I had some tips that are useful. More than one way to do this, but I know this works well.
Nice video. Shocking a rifle that expensive is not pillar bedded. Why not make the pillars slightly short instead of slightly long and then just let the glass take up that tiny bit of difference?
At 5000 PSI compressive strength, it won't matter if glass gets in the way. You don't tighten action screws very much, they are there just to keep the action in. It's about not compressing the stock under the action. Done it a bunch, with 1/4 MOA results. Bedding will take care of most of the accuracy.@@williamfeldner9356
How did it shoot after? In my experience if a bedding job around the action and the lug didn’t fix the accuracy, pillars aren’t going to fix it. Especially on carbon fiber. Hope yours fixed the issue. Nothing sucks worse than buying a product that doesn’t stand up to the claims
I’m having trouble with a Carbon Rouge also in 300 prc. 100 rounds and nothing better than 1 moa with handloads. I’m going to find a box of factory ammo to prove that it doesn’t meet the .75 MOA guarantee 😂😂 and send it back to them. My buddy sent a CT Edge in 28 nosler back to fierce due to an excessive headspace
Yeah I haven’t seen anything good come from them. They paid for me to bed this one. The next one they wanted back and supposedly rebarreled. Would not recommend.
I don't ever pad the barrel. I put a piece of painter's tape just in front of the lug on the stock and covers forward of the barrel a couple of inches out. When you bed, after curing, you can snap off the extra compound very neatly and no clean up and no interference with the barrel portion at all. Look at a chassis rifle, they don't bed the barrel at all. If you were to pillar and bed at the same time, you would have a more homogenous bed without the small mounds made around the pillars that have to be cleaned up back to original height. You can also wrap your action screws in tape and spray with release agent and install. I use surgical tubing to clamp the action. Over drill the pillar holes until the pillars are free floating, then when installed everything will be perfectly centered without the screws touching the pillars inside the bores. Hope I had some tips that are useful. More than one way to do this, but I know this works well.
All great advice! Thanks for sharing.
Nice video. Shocking a rifle that expensive is not pillar bedded. Why not make the pillars slightly short instead of slightly long and then just let the glass take up that tiny bit of difference?
The pillar needs to contact metal only……. If the glass contacts also it will be crushed under pressure. Totally defeating the purpose of the pillar….
At 5000 PSI compressive strength, it won't matter if glass gets in the way. You don't tighten action screws very much, they are there just to keep the action in. It's about not compressing the stock under the action. Done it a bunch, with 1/4 MOA results. Bedding will take care of most of the accuracy.@@williamfeldner9356
Look here boys n girls , another FIERCE FIREARMS, that someone had take their gun to another gunsmith. Fierce needs to be reported to BBB !
How did it shoot after? In my experience if a bedding job around the action and the lug didn’t fix the accuracy, pillars aren’t going to fix it. Especially on carbon fiber. Hope yours fixed the issue. Nothing sucks worse than buying a product that doesn’t stand up to the claims
💯 agree! It helped tremendously, shrunk groups to 1/2” at 100yds with factory ammo.
do you think the action will stick on the component ? or you put something on the action ?
I’m having trouble with a Carbon Rouge also in 300 prc. 100 rounds and nothing better than 1 moa with handloads. I’m going to find a box of factory ammo to prove that it doesn’t meet the .75 MOA guarantee 😂😂 and send it back to them. My buddy sent a CT Edge in 28 nosler back to fierce due to an excessive headspace
Yeah I haven’t seen anything good come from them. They paid for me to bed this one. The next one they wanted back and supposedly rebarreled. Would not recommend.
Is that bottom metal made of polymer?
Aluminum
what stock is that? Good vid
It's fierce firearms rival long range stock. Looks like they took some ideas from gunwerks, but JON would never admit that !
so what is the final results ?