alucard0822
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Yes, proper receiver bedding is always a must for precision rifles. I use single 3/4" diameter aluminum pillars combined with steel epoxy bedding on my 10/22's.
Installed pillar prior to addition of steel epoxy bedding material (hence the drilled out area).
This guy. Some of the new non-Ruger receivers have a rear tang which has a screw as well. For rimfire I don't think a lot of bedding is needed especially in a 10/22. I put a little material at the rear of the receiver to take out a little slop between the stock inlet and the receiver. I do have a pillar bed in my stock as well that helps with getting a good fit with the receiver/stock and the one bolt. I guess the main goal is to have your barrel free float which will help with accuracy.
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This is one major difference between accurizing a 10/22 and most other rifles, barrel/V block bedding is critical, bedding the receiver is not. it is all about the barrel and chamber, that is what makes one accurate, everything else preserves that accuracy, or degrades it. The receiver flexes enough that I actually float mine for the best accuracy, bedding the barrel in the area shown above, the block and chamber area of the barrel, then float or bed the muzzle end of the barrel depending on the stock used. You can basically hog out the forend and install a good bull barrel on a stock 10/22, and with match ammo will probably be a 1moa rifle provided you got a decent bolt. Trigger, stock, optic etc are basically to keep you from F-ing up the groups the barrel is capable of shooting.
I like the VQ trigger setup, and use it on my precision 10/22 with a laminate target stock, oversized controls and auto bolt release. For the rest of my 10/22s, polishing/fitting a BX trigger group feels good, is safe and reliable if you want to save money. I like my precision 10/22, but I LOVE my SBR charger, it is accurate for what it is, but have some minor reliability work on that to run better. The 10/22 is versatile platform, and while hitting small groups on paper that is far away is fun, I like plinking suppressed with the little charger more.