I'll try to get this one out of the stock today. The former owner did float the barrel, I can see the glass bedding compound the first inch and a half of barrel if I look real close. He did a good job, it's a nice re-stocking.
I did a little work on my .30-30 as you could rock the barreled action in the stock on the recoil lug. deepened that channel a bit and glass bedded a few points. Not sure it really made much difference, but that rifle will surely out shoot most .30-30 lever guns all day long.
I like cast for a lot of the reasons Gary mentioned and, in fact, I doubt I'll shoot many full power loadings through this .222, as I have a .223 bolt gun that will get used for that. Most of the deer I've killed have been with my cast and for the past seven or eight years, all of them have been. Some guns are harder to get good performance from than others, but that's part of the fun.
