Gunsmithing Boyds AT-One stock bedding

[DynamicAccuracy]

My wife fell in love with my custom 6.5x47 after shooting it. So I decided to rebuild her savage 11 243. Getting a precision ground recoil lug and barrel nut before bedding the action. Gonna burn this 243 barrel out before putting on a Criterion prefit 24" 1:7.5 twist 6x47 barrel on it. Ordered a ptg dbm,boyds AT-one stock, and kick-eez for it my question is I've heard the at- one has metal dowels in the stock you have to drill through to pillar bed it? Is there any concern with using a mill to drill the holes and the tool catching the dowel and splitting the stock or can it be done easily if I go really slow?

 

[Wannashootit]

Are you referring to a recoil cross bolt? Some models of their other stocks have this, I can't imagine any embedded hardware that might be present for the adjustable cheek, buttplate or customizable forend /grip would be anywhere near the receiver inlet. I've not heard of any "metal dowels" in these stocks other than for that hardware but I haven't handled one yet. Where'd you get this information?

 

[DynamicAccuracy]

Was looking around online seeing how people like the at one stock and saw a post about the metal recoil crossbolts. Don't have the stock in hand at the moment so I can't investigate it further

 

[GH41]

Does you wife's rifle have cross bolts?

 

[konjiki7]

Was looking around online seeing how people like the at one stock and saw a post about the metal recoil crossbolts. Don't have the stock in hand at the moment so I can't investigate it further

Did you find an answer to this? I will be getting one soon and was wondering about this and if it has pillars installed. No reviews seem to show the inletting...

 

[DynamicAccuracy]

I ended up buying one, pillar bedding snd inletting for a ptg dbm. No issues. Go slow when you drill/mill the rear pillar or youll split the small section.

 

[konjiki7]

I ended up ordering one too. It came in the mail super fast! They must be feeding the wood chucks over there the good stuff.

Quality seems to be surprisingly good when compared to the other stocks I've gotten from them.
-Inletting is perfectly straight and centered
-Has cross bolts installed around the action area.
- Doesn't come with pillars installed

 

[Clark]

I just put a Whidden V block in a Boyd pro varmint.
I had to mill right through some crossbars in there.

 

[konjiki7]

@Clark looks pretty good!

I wish Whidden v blocks existed for T/C rifles. I just got my hands on venture 30-06 and was surprised by how well it shot out of the box... I was planning to have it be a hunting rifle but when it turned in 5 shot groups of .48"-.62" @100y with $15 pmc ammo on a factory barrel... I might have to do a long range build this thing!