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Originally Posted by sholling
With a 10/22 free floating a laminated wood stock is very often counter productive and 1" of barrel bedding sometimes makes a huge difference in accuracy. That's because the single mounting screw creates a pivot point allowing side to side and up/down wiggle that free floating can make worse. With a 22 a 920 barrel just doesn't get hot enough to cause the wood to swell or to cause temporary barrel warp from top/bottom temperature differentials - which are the usual reasons for free floating a centerfire's barrel. With a factory stock rifle the barrel band clamps the barrel in place and prevents wiggle. With an aftermarket barrel 1" of barrel bedding (sometimes along with receiver bedding) solves the wiggle problem. Note that some manufacturers leave a raised pad in the barrel inlet of their stocks that's intended as poor man's bedding to help support and lock the barrel in place.
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I don't know anyone that uses a pillar that way. The pillar is used to isolate the wood from effecting mounting screw tension. The pillar is also used with bedding at the very rear of the barrel and the rear of the receiver. There is nothing allowed to pivot or wiggle.
Using pads in place of bedding is a band-aid at best.
When using a oem stock and barrel band the first thing you do to the band is open it up so it does not contact the barrel.