GUNSMITHING SERVICES: Pillar bedding on pre-inletted rifle stock

  Pillar bedding on a pre-inletted rifle stock is a service we began offering in 2020.  LRI has resisted this service as it's a departure from our flagship stocking service where we inlet and install all the hardware in-house.   Client demands have given us cause to revisit this and it's now something we offer. The departure from our legacy process is that we no longer machine the inlet features.  Items such as the bolt handle, ejection port, side release, and floor metal are all machined by the stock vendor.  While we strive to offer a clean presentation, there are limitations when going this route.  We use the pillars supplied by the stock vendor or we make our own when required.  The use of our proprietary bedding pillar is not practical on stocks already inletted so the industry norm of using turned aluminum is used instead. We do still rely on our original resin formula as we feel it's the best available.  LRI's resin uses a very high percentage of solids.  Solids help make the c