There's a lot of information on a lot of boards about why the tang on the Savage bolt gun needs to be free floated, and not bedded, or allowed to touch the stock. I'll branch out later if needed, but this seems to be the logical place to find out the what, why or how regarding any information about Savage rifles.

*Just so I don't appear to be a lazy slug, I tried several searches to mine the information regarding floating the tang before I started this thread. I'm certain many of you are sick of explaining why the tang is floated; to all those who feel I'm being a burden, I can only apologize. I did try to find some threads on bedding the Savage rifle and floating the tang while bedding plus a few other word combinations.

So, why does the tang need to be free floated if you pillar bed your Savage rifle?