I have a Ruger American Rifle I put a Boyds laminate stock on years ago. Recently it was shooting like absolute garbage so I tossed the factory stock back on and its back to MOA.
I prefer the Boyds but clearly it's the source of the problem. As I understand it now Boyds provides some bedding with their stocks for bedding the v block lugs into the stock. Back in the day with mine they did not. Boyds also has an option now to have pillars installed but back in the day they did not.
My question is, is it worth doing the glass bedding without pillars in the stock? There has been some compression of the stock over the years where the bolts for the action stick.
And more generally, if anyone has messed around with a Ruger American like this I am curious. Even working on the factory stock.