I cleaned the barrel until it was mirror-bright, just to eliminate one other possible influence on group size.
I dropped in the bread wrapper tag and the barrel is free-floated back to about 1 inch ahead of the action, according to the dollar bill test. However, sliding a business card along the barrel channel still shows the stock closer to the barrel on the right side than on the left.
In addition, the stock is so flexible I can press it against the barrel with just fingertip pressure.
And more importantly - don't I still have to glass bed the recoil lug to prevent fore-and-aft movement?