Just acquired this rifle yesterday--LNIB-AccuTrigger safety bar removed,and trigger set at 21oz. Older fellow I purchased this from, attested to its "spooky" accurrecy. Long story short. I get it home and I see that the right side of the barrel is "hard" against the stock. I guess my assumption was that these rifles were "floated". I'm taking it to the range tomorrow, and putting it thru some paces, but non-the less, could use some input on whether to float this barrel or not. I'm a "big bore" shooter,and with the exception of a life time of .22 small game hunting, this will be my first endevor into precision .22lr shooting. Also is their a suggestion on a decent scope (hopefully inexpensive) that would complement this rifle, right now it gets a 4x12x40 Leupold off a deer rifle. I want to be able to maintain an 1" at 100yds, and hopefully around .5" at 50yds. Not too much to ask, since I do this with larger calibers already. I'm not a competition shooter, just a shooter. Thanks