Quote Originally Posted by BillPa View Post
What he is referring to is a portion of the barrel bedded at or near the end if forend tip. Sometimes its only bedded or at times its a pressure point putting a small amount of upward tension on the barrel. I don't know about now but at one time Remington used a raised "V" shape section to apply pressure on the barrel when the action screw were tightened. At the time they found on the average their sporter weight rifles shot better with the pressure point.

Sometimes it helps, sometimes not. My little Mod 70 in 270-08 Imp with it's pencil thin 22" barrel shoots tons better with a pressure point than fully floated. Its brother, a SA 70 action with the same weight barrel chambered in 270-08 shoots better fully floated.

If you want to experiment, loosen the action screws, place a few pieces of a business card under the barrel about 1/2" back from the forend tip, re-tighten the screws to put some tension on the barrel thenshoot a few groups.

Bill

Bill got it right. I am definitely concerned that this barrel will start to wander by the 3rd shot if it comes to that, so I figured why not just bed it. I don't use a hard bedding substance for this. More like a cushion. I don't really want any upward pressure.
FWIW my gunsmith and I both think the barrel looks great. Now we just have to see how it shoots. I have close to 60 brass already fire formed from my last 280 AI hopefully they will chamber fairly easy and not have to be bumped back too much.