Hi all, will putting together a 204.
Axis action
Boyd's stock
Heavy on the barrel contour.

Question, I put it together and it's not free floating. Barrel fits in the channel easily, but there is no space around the barrel/stock. My question is, how's the best way to fix this? Open the channel? Add some washers at the action screws?

I was going to pillar it and add some washers, but I'm concerned about the recoil lug (in the stock) and the action not having all their interface and the forces that I'd be putting on that recoil lug and the stock.

Seems if I could raise the action a few fractions of an inch it could work well.

Thoughts?