Mossy-Back
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Is it worth skim bedding or full bedding a Howa Kuiu that comes already pillar bedded?
Howa Kuiu, worth bedding?
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OhHeyThereBen
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I think you'll find value in reading the post about bedding from not long ago in this thread. How does it shoot right now?
Mossy-Back
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Honestly, I haven’t even shot any groups yet. I did the break-in last time I was at the range but have been busy with work and kids since then.
OhHeyThereBen
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I think the consensus is that if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Although, the rifle I just bought I did bed it before I shot it... so if you want to do it yourself because you’re a busy body, then why wouldn’t you? Just don’t pay anyone until you know it doesn’t shoot the way you want.
Don Fischer
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All I've bedded are round actions and all of mine are bedded. If it's a round action, I'd bed it, it certainly won't hurt. Think of the barreled action sitting on the table with just the pillars. It'll shift side to side a bit no matter what. Now put the barreled action into a stock with the pillars and most the side to side movement goes away. Now bed the stock and the side to side goes away completely! I think the good about pillars is that they keep the bedding, wood or epoxy, from compressing under torque. I think that without support of the action, pillar's may not improve accuracy at all. But the better the bedding supporting the action, the more value the pillars have.
MinnesotaHunter
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I am not sure how the stiffness is of that Houge stock, but if it is like the overmold I once had on a rifle, it is not the stiffest thing out there. I would think adding some bedding material around those pillars would make some amount of difference.
AggieOutlaw
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Why bed it if it doesn't need it? Shoot it first.
Mossy-Back
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That’s what I’m going to do. Just wondering about others experiences. I figure a skim bedding would be easy enough and help a little if needed.
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