Besides the anchor holes you drilled into the stock and the forearm free float, did you do any other wood removal prior to applying compound?
I roughed the bedding areas with some pretty course sand paper (36 actually) to help the bedding grab some "tooth" in those areas. The little holes are kind of like having footings for the whole bed that takes form in it's respective area.
Hopefully this helps answer Tom "tzone"'s question about the holes which was posted further up as well.
