Originally Posted by
oldhenry
303Guy,
Do you find that the rear screw to be almost a necessity when floating the barrel? The reason I ask is I'm on my 3rd. attempt at bedding & floating bbl on my 521T. With the single screw & bedding only the front 1" of the bbl & the bottom of the action, everything "rocks" slightly with the rear of the action not secured. When I tighten the single screw more, I loose the free floating bbl (it bears against the very front of the stock). The pivot point for the "rocking" seems to be @ the single screw.
I've bedded many Rem. 700 & 2 788 barreled actions & never had this problem: however, they were round actions with 2 screws.