I have both with #1 taper barrels in synthetic stocks and the free floated one is the more accurate of the two. That said I wanted my 7mm-08 synthetic solid bedded because it was one less thing to worry about getting snow, rain, pine needles, twigs or tree bark underneath that barrel. Most of my shots are well under 100 yards and super accuracy just isn't that important at close range.


My other auto is a .45

The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory