Rifle stock bedding?

Definitely get the action into the stock and try it. The chances are very high that a stock like this will need nothing else.

I only have experience w/ Bell & Carlson aluminum frame stocks, but I'd be very surprised if there was much play in the McMillan version. The three B&Cs I have (for Remington 700s) were all very tight w/o any bedding, although all were eventually skim bedded. As others have suggested, try out the new stock and see how it works, then bed it later if you have the inclination to do so.

It's your rifle; do whatever you want.

Why not shoot a few boxes through it with the new stock and see if it provides you with adequate accuracy for whatever purpose you have? Then, if it's still not good enough, ask for advice from McMillan. I bet a company that sells accurized rifles for somewhere between $6,000 and $10,000 knows a thing or two about how to make a rifle shoot better, especially when you're using one of their stocks.

Why not wait until it comes before you go all wonky, then ask McMillan for advice. But if it were me I'd drop the action in, torque it to McMillan's specs, shoot it, and she how it shoots. My guess is nothing else will be required. McMillan knows what they are doing.

Glass bed the action.

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For most purposes, no. What do you expect out of it? Shoot it first, over aluminum a gunsmith can skim it, unless it's a br rifle you should be fine.

Chances are if you're not very accurate, it's only because you can't shoot and you're blaming the equipment rather than yourself. My advice is to blame yourself first, then work on that. The first step to learning is to realize you don't know what you're doing.

Crazy Dan I never said I couldn't shoot, chances are I'm a better shot then you!!