1) There were several variations of the 112, some featured wood, others featured synthetic. Stainless barrels on blued receivers, blued barrels on blued receivers, you name it.
2) With a quality barrel, the average shooter will not see a difference between a solid bottom action and one that's cut out for magazine feeding. Go to a local Benchrest shoot and see what shoots the best on that particular day. Phenomenal shooters can get it done either way.
3)Your accuracy probably won't suffer if you do or don't bed a small portion of the barrel. I like to leave mine free floating, others don't. Your mileage may vary.
4) Nobody here will recommend that you try to build a Lapua rifle on an action that wasn't built for the Lapua chambering. The Lapua action has been specially prepared for that chambering at the factory. If you really need a long range .338 and don't wanna spring for the Lapua, build a 338 Edge on your action, providing it doesn't have the factory shelf built into it for the short action chamberings, which it appears it does not. Some actions may be restricted to short action chamberings, or long action chamberings single fed, or single shot from the factory. It all depends on what you have to start with.
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