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I won't "skim bed" any rifle

If I am going to the trouble of applying a release agent and filling holes with clay I will then cut out the factory bed job. I then sand out all of the contact between the tang and the chamber using chalk or marksalot as a transfer medium

Kimbers all have this in common
(high spots between the tang and lug)

Dropping the action all the way down to the pillars and then re-bedding is what I like to do to stocks with pillars.

This is the start of a Kimber Montana 280AI re-bed after cutting out the slave/action factory bed job.

This Kimber's action was dropped .018 to contact the recoil lug pillar alone.