Okay, I have never glass bedded a rifle before, but then I have always been able to get my Winchesters and Savages to shoot decently without resorting to it. My Howa 1500 Lightning with Butler Creek plastic stock is another story. Fed up with its' erratic grouping, (sometimes almost 4 inches at 100 yards for 3 shots off a bench rest) I ordered a Miles Gilbert Bedrock bedding kit. My concern is that the action is actually bolted to the stock to the recoil lug! Kind of like a mauser, I guess. How do you bed the recoil lug when the screw goes right into the bottom of the lug? The instructions also talk about removing wood behind the recoil lug and adding enough bedding compound to replace the amount of wood removed. I believe the area behind the recoil lug needs to be raised slightly so the action won't rock, and that torquing down the front action screw doesn't place stress on the action. Do I fill the screw hole in the stock with modeling clay and use tape on the front, sides, and bottom of the recoil lug and just throw some bedding compound in there and slide the action in and wrap the surgical tubing around the action and stock to hold it together until it cures, then drill through the hardened compound so I can screw the action back into the stock? Appreciate any insight. OR maybe I should just order a Boyd's laminated stock and see if that helps.

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Do I fill the screw hole in the stock with modeling clay and use tape on the front, sides, and bottom of the recoil lug and just throw some bedding compound in there and slide the action in and wrap the surgical tubing around the action and stock to hold it together until it cures, then drill through the hardened compound so I can screw the action back into the stock?

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You got it friend....right on!!!

Sometimes I sharpen a wooden dowel or even pencil, stick the pointed end in the screw hole and break it off to prevent bedding compound in the screw hole. I never had a problem removing it later either.

You can buy some inletting screws from Brownells, they're basically a long headless screw and then use surgical tubing. Screws for Sako's fit the Howa. I've also just filled the hole in the action with clay and the hole in the stock with cotton and later drilled it out. I don't remove much if any wood behind the recoil lug. Probably a million different nuiances to this process.

Thanks for the replies. I am still considering ordering a Boyd's laminated JRS stock for the Howa and trying that before I attempt the glass bedding project. I have heard that sometimes the thermoplastic stocks just won't shoot, even after glass bedding. Of course, it is possible that the Boyd's laminated stock may require glass bedding as well, but at least I already have the kit!