It is easy to get the devcon to stick around the front lug of my synthetic stocks once routers or drilled out, but I have the hardest time getting the stuff to stick to the stock on the sides of the action where it is so thin.

Is it that important to get the sides of the action bedded around the middle portion of the bolt? Even if it is bedded up and around the sides of the recoil lug and rear lug area?

Bedding needs to help reinforce anchor points such as the immediate areas around the front and rear guard screws and recoil lug. The area directly beneath the rails are non load bearing so as far as I am concerned, don't need any special bedding unless it's for cosmetic purposes.

i almost always bed the rails. take a mototool with a round bit and but a groove about 1/8"-3/16" deep alongside and fill it.

I will normaly bed the rails on a wood stock but it is manly cosmetic like Westpac says but not is a synthetic since it is such a pain to get the epoxy to bond.

Thanks guys. I have been doing the front and rear sections and my rifles are shooting well, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything.

I have always bedded a wood stock for the full length of the action; this is the way I learned it in the MTU I was assigned to and it helped to protect the stocks, I am not sure it is required for accuracy though. When using a synthetic stock, the areas of primary importance are the front and rear. If the rails need bedding because of gaps, then I put a very light coat just to take up the space. one has to be careful that the thin layer bonds adequately or it can flake off and cause problems

Westpac ; What do you think of Savages new Accustock system ?.

Yeah, it looks interesting. It looks to have all the benefits of a glue in. You will need a good repeatable torque wrench for that one.

Guys, to make sure my action lines up straight is it a good idea to set the front pillar while leaving the rear normal. Then once it is dry, pillar bed the rear lug? After that, steel bed both lugs?