Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Bedding a rifle...tape the lug or not?

I don't put tape on the sides of the lug. Full side contact helps resist rotation of the action at the shot. If there is space, the action will rotate in the bedding to the point of lug contact; the action screws don't have the ability to stop the rotation. It's not much but I want solid contact every direction but the front. I also bed the pillars in the stock with them attached to the action, then come back and bed the action so there is no stress.