What is involved in "pillar bedding" an Encore forend?

Thanks,
X

When I pillar bed a forend, I drill out the screw holes in the forend. I then glue a couple of 5/16" diameter aluminum pillars, while having .030" tape on the bottom of the barrel in the front and the rear of the forend. I wait for it to dry, and then sand or machine what I need to around the barrel, so the forend only touches the barrel where the screws attach. Machining or sanding the forend can be done before or after gluing the pillars.

mark, what glue do you find to work best on a wood forend. thanks, drichi

On wood forends, I use Devcon 5 minute epoxy. I make sure the holes are roughed up a bit so the epoxy has something to grab. With the factory synthetic forend, I would recommend something that takes a little longer to set up, and I also do a lot more roughing. Epoxy doesn't seem to adhere easily to that stuff.

X - After drilling out the hole for the aluminum pillars in the synthetic forend I run a bolt tap through the hole and JB Weld has worked well for me.
Albert

Thanks Mark and Albert. I am thinking of pillar bedding to float the forend since I am going to use an Advantage Timber camo forend on a .308 barrel that I just ordered from VVCG's inventory.

Thanks again guys,
X

I have used automotive grade fiberglass body filler on the rynite forends and it STICKS! I am using this forend on my 444 barrel and it has not shown any signs fatigue.