I just put a choate tactical stock on my savage 16 308 and am planning on bedding it the question is should I do full bedding or pillar bedding?

 

Doesn't the Choate Tactical come with a full length bedding block? Their website thinks it does...

 

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The Tactical stock has a full length bedding block...

It does come with an aluminum bedding block, but if you can see on the pictures there is a fine gap all around the action and a really large gap around the barrel.

It does come with an aluminum bedding block, but if you can see on the pictures there is a fine gap all around the action and a really large gap around the barrel.

 

The gap around the action should be glass bed, and the gap around the barrel free floats it.

So I should bed only the action?  Should I go any distance forward of the action as well?

So I should bed only the action?  Should I go any distance forward of the action as well?

 

When bedding the action you are going to go as far forward as the recoil lug. Stop there. Their is no justifiable reason to bring material closer to the barrel on a free floated gun, unless you are having harmonics issues which is an entirely different conversation.