Originally Posted by northern_dave
Next I dry fit the barreled action back into the stock & mark a spot for my barrel centering tape.... Yes tape, it's just how I do it. I select the furthest point in the barrel channel to locate & center the barrel in the stock. I wrap tape (in today's project I am using 3-M fine line automotive masking tape) I wrap the tape around the barrel until I have achieved the thickness of my revile in the relieved barrel channel.
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First off, Dave.....thanks for posting. I'm hung up on this step. If I relieve the barrel channel and screw in the barreled action after applying the bedding compound, why do I need the tape? Won't the barrel be free floating given all the channel inletting I've already done?

Murphy was a grunt.