Last night I fully free-floated the barrel of my Marlin XS7VH 308 in its original injection molded stock. Turns out there was a bunch of contact spots up and down the forend. Now that the entire barrel is free-floated the stock is not as flexible and "whippy" as i originally thought. I also removed the flange in the rear screw hole of the triggerguard so the rear action screw tightens directly on the steel pillar instead of on the squishy plastic. It tightens firmly now. Then I went out and shot a group at 100 yards with our usual deer hunting load (165gr Speer Hot Cor over Varget). All three bullets were in the same hole! Can't wait to stretch her out to 300 and see what she'll do with the barrel floated and the action firmly secured in the stock.
There you go! Thanks for the accurizing tip. Waiting for the 300 yd pictures, please!
Ted
