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Barrel free-float -> vs. -> barrel block mounting
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<blockquote data-quote="billm67" data-source="post: 1141636" data-attributes="member: 29756"><p>For a long time the practice of bedding an action included bedding the barrel channel. I also had several Remingtons where there was a knob of walnut in the barrel channel that was a pressure point. They were put in on purpose thinking that it improved accuracy. As soon as the barrel heated up you started to have vertical stringing. Free floating came out of those older stocks and pressure points. I have seen stocks that were very stiff (think 90's Remington Varmint specials with the laminated stocks) where the barrel channel was bedded out the entire barrel channel and they shot very well. As long as there are no pressure points and the stock doesn't flex it works well. With all of the new composite stocks...they have a slight amount of flex. But you should be able to bed the first inch and a half or so in front of the recoil lug and free float the rest of the barrel. However if you have a heavy enough barrel it will still flex the receiver. But instead of it being at the recoil lug it is pushed back onto the tang.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billm67, post: 1141636, member: 29756"] For a long time the practice of bedding an action included bedding the barrel channel. I also had several Remingtons where there was a knob of walnut in the barrel channel that was a pressure point. They were put in on purpose thinking that it improved accuracy. As soon as the barrel heated up you started to have vertical stringing. Free floating came out of those older stocks and pressure points. I have seen stocks that were very stiff (think 90's Remington Varmint specials with the laminated stocks) where the barrel channel was bedded out the entire barrel channel and they shot very well. As long as there are no pressure points and the stock doesn't flex it works well. With all of the new composite stocks...they have a slight amount of flex. But you should be able to bed the first inch and a half or so in front of the recoil lug and free float the rest of the barrel. However if you have a heavy enough barrel it will still flex the receiver. But instead of it being at the recoil lug it is pushed back onto the tang. [/QUOTE]
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