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Thanks for the responses. Why bed the front and rear separately? Does it matter which one I do first (front or rear)?
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The front screw is angled on the M77 series of rifles. It adds complication to the job - especially if using pillars. ...And I wouldn't bed an M77, M77 Mk II, or M77 Hawkeye, unless I was installing pillars.
It's easier to do the areas separately, unless you hog out some of the stock for clearance.
It doesn't matter where you start.
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If a rifle shoots best with a pressure point, something is screwed up. Usually bad bedding.
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I agree for the most part, but own a rifle that proved the theory wrong.
I had a Marlin XL7 that I wanted to drop in a better stock than the factory synthetic garbage.
I put it in a laminate stock with an aluminum bedding insert, and everything went to crap. I fought that stock for about a year, finally realizing during testing that the barrel needed a pressure point.
So, I dropped it back into the factory stock (which has built-in pressure points at the fore-end tip), and it went right back to shooting .330s.
I don't like the stock, but that action lives in the factory synthetic stock, now. (I even sold the aftermarket stock.)
Some barrels just don't like freedom...