I bedded and floated a 243 that shot poorly (3-4" at 100 yds). It was near MOA afterwards. The forend is very flimsy stock on those though; it required leaving a lot of clearance otherwise gripping the forend caused contact which hurt accuracy. I roughed the bedding area up with a course carbide burr in a dremel type tool. It left a very rough 'hairy' finish that the epoxy stuck to.
Was this a Vanguard stock in synthetic? the way this stock looks there is only one pressure point which holds the barrel up about 6 inches back from the fore arm tip and the tip of fore arm both make contact. plus all down the sides touch the barrel and when removing from the stock, it feels like the verry end of the fore arm has a pinching pressure on the barrel doesn't lift right out? Thanks!
Gosh, I sure hope this thing can do better than 3 or 4 inches at 100yds. out of box!
