To Float or Not to Float…..

[skipglo]

Great topic @memtb ! Another title could be FAD,FACT, OR FICTION? As the years fly by...just about everything changes....some have minor changes....some massive....science today...WOW!... Always a new " This is the Bestest and Only way Ever" expert.

 

[Mike Matteson]

I have done it both ways..... was having trouble getting what I wanted out of a lite barreled 300wm..... got it down to a .75moa gun....with handloads.... but wanted more..... tried an "O" ring out on end of forearm to test it..... it helped..... so....put a 2" pad of silicone out on the end of forearm.... took gun to 3/8moa...

Interesting. I'll have to looking this.

 

[memtb]

Actually..... paranoia is A REAL POSSIBILITY here!

"Here" …..as in me, or "Here" as in this forum! memtb

 

[highfinblue]

"Here" …..as in me, or "Here" as in this forum! memtb

I believe it runs in the community. Some things border on voodoo or superstition, but some of the stuff really does seem to make a difference in accuracy. There's simply not enough time to sift through it all.

 

[Jon Bischof]

Acraglass, Shoot & Grind, Grind & Shoot till you get what you are willing to stop grinding--this is certainly NOT the way I would go after consistency with a new rifle. With today's rifles, you don't need to do this.

But if I ever acquire another Model 70 and it doesn't group like I want it to...then back to bed, shoot and grind and shoot and grind.....til I get it to shoot.

In other words, bedding and playing the harmonics works with older guns, but it is a lot of trouble.

Nowadays, the easy button is to just buy a Sauer 100 with its own unique Ever-Rest bedding built into the stock and the barrel and go shoot Sub-MOA. And no, I don't work for Sauer. I just know a better thing when I see it.

 

[std7mag]

My Forbes w/ Shaw barrel is full length bedded. I can send a 3 shot string on a 500M target with no problems.

Ok, I'm at a loss here...

Are you saying that Forbes put an E.R. Shaw barrel on your rifle when built?

Or was the rifle rebarreled?

 

[skipglo]

"Here" …..as in me, or "Here" as in this forum! memtb

YES!

 

[skipglo]

Acraglass, Shoot & Grind, Grind & Shoot till you get what you are willing to stop grinding--this is certainly NOT the way I would go after consistency with a new rifle. With today's rifles, you don't need to do this.

But if I ever acquire another Model 70 and it doesn't group like I want it to...then back to bed, shoot and grind and shoot and grind.....til I get it to shoot.

In other words, bedding and playing the harmonics works with older guns, but it is a lot of trouble.

Nowadays, the easy button is to just buy a Sauer 100 with its own unique Ever-Rest bedding built into the stock and the barrel and go shoot Sub-MOA. And no, I don't work for Sauer. I just know a better thing when I see it.

Or....buy a tuner brake or slip on first....just me

 

[Jon Bischof]

Or....buy a tuner brake or slip on first....just me

I guess a tuner brake might make more sense if you are planning to hunt with it or add suppressor someday.

 

[Ltbullken]

Mitch Kendall built it. It's a featherweight barrel. Probably why it was full length bedded. Here's a pic with its latest freezer contribution! Not the greatest pic of the rifle (in 65CM).

That's great. I was being deliberately conservative. Did Melvin build it with the Shaw? What barrel contour?

This got me thinking, I did so digging. I believe this may mostly be a Melvin build, but Mitch did some finishing work on it. All in all, a very accurate and dependable gun!

 

[Ltbullken]

Ok, I'm at a loss here...

Are you saying that Forbes put an E.R. Shaw barrel on your rifle when built?

Or was the rifle rebarreled?

It's possible! I did some more digging. And looks like it may have been originally a Forbes build. My gunsmith, whom I got it from, only did some finishing work on it. Maybe it was rebarreled before it came to him.