I built a new rifle. I used a M11 action, McGowen prefit barrel in 6mm Remington and a Boyds laminate stock which I pillar bedded with Devcon. So far everything I've tried shoots around 1" - 1.5". I've got a lot of groups around 0.5" - 0.75" but when I try the load on another day it's 1.5"?
Right now I have the entire barrel floating. I have a smokeless muzzleloader that shoots lights out but with that (McGowen barrel also) I bedded about and inch or so of the barrel forward of the barrel nut (the nut is not bedded). I did this because the muzzle loader barrel is pretty heavy and I felt the extra bedding would take some strain off of the action.
The 6mm barrel is a Savage magnum contour. My question is do most of you free float the barrel or bed some of it.
I have noticed that even though I've probably shot about 150 rounds through the barrel it still copper fouls a lot.