It's your rifle, if you want to bed it; bed it. Most pre-64's, including all those that I own, are worn enough that they are not collector pieces and their value is in their smoothness and heritage, a heritage best appreciated out in the field.
I have two pre-64 30-06 sporters (with barrel doughnut), one in a McMillan, another in the factory stock with forend screw; both wear factory barrels, both have untuned triggers and both will put 180gr Nosler Partitions into 1 1/2" at 100 yards consistently. Sometimes better; only worse when I don't do my part. I can live with that accuracy in return for hunting with a piece of American history.
