I’ve been wondering about bedding the of Mausers with their, for want of a better word “pillar” built into the front of the bottom metal, there is a certain amount of clamping before the pillar seems to bottom out on the lug, although I’ve seen some older Mausers that when fully tightened didn’t grip the stock tightly, when glass bedding, one of the goals is to make it as stress free as possible, ie no bending or torsion of the action, what’s the best way to achieve this but still have enough clamping force before the pillar and lug come in contact? I was thinking of maybe using shim washers or even just tape on the bottom of the lug, also what would be an appropriate amount of clearance between pillar and lug before tightening? it seems to me you might get a better result by removing the pillar part of the bottom metal and installing an actual pillar in the stock,, thoughts?
