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Tikka Lite Pillar Install
Looking to install some pillars and bottom metal on my Tikka T3X Lite 30-06. If I am installing pillars and metal is any bedding required on this stock fprnthe pilots? So I need to bed the pillars in? Or can I just install the pillars and bottom metal, torque and shoot?
Was looking at the Lumley Arms Pillars
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I've set them with quick set epoxy on the coupe of stocks i've done.
Just drill and the scratch the surface with with a good low grit sand paper for the epoxy to hold well.
Assembly the action and bottom metal with 35 in/lbs when the epoxy starts to set up and won't run any more, but is still soft…this will allow the pillars to slide if needed to align properly…let it fully cure over night. Then ur good to go…I've used a 3/16″ – 1/2″ step bit similar to the one in this link… https://www.amazon.ca/Preamer-Shank-Titanium-Coated-Drill/dp/B071GQRFDY/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=1%2F2%22+auger+step+bit&qid=1578955553&sr=8-5 …on synthetic stocks versus a regular drill bit…made cutting the hole very easy because it centers it self.
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So sounds like they need to be devoted with an epoxy of some sort. What would be the effect of installing without epoxy?
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I’ve never experimented with a floating none fixed pillar…
If not epoxied in place I’ve only done a press fit which is a pain in the ass.If you do this with a floating pillar, let us know how it effects the gun for repeatable performance.
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One thing to add…if you do this…in my experience, you want the pillars slightly shorter then spec for pillar bedding. If not sometimes the action will only be in contact with the pillars sometimes suspended off the inletting and not setting uniformly.
Take a few thousands off the pillars to have some controlled compression of the stock when the action is settled and torqued to spec for proper contact at the recoil and tang areas.
You want the action to contact the stock and have some compression the same as without pillars.
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