nope, no binding, tightened with a torque to their specifications, barrel centered and free floated, action cycles rounds, and trigger works fine, nothing binds at all. i was questioning whether i should mess with floating the tang before zeroing it for accuracy purposes. weapon functions great, little heavy, but it was heavy with the tupperware stock and the S&B short dot aint no lightweight scope either! I suppose i'll go shoot it and see what happens before i go sanding on a new stock.