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I have glassed a lot of rifles and will agree sometime bedding part of the barrel channel may help but i have found on sporter barrels that bedding the channel doesn't always help and sometime changes the barrel harmonics to much. My model 70 in the glass stock grouped my load right at the 1/2 inch mark with the complete float and now with the barrel channel bedded the same load is just under 2 inches. I could try another load but i am curious about why this load changed so much, so will do a complete float and see what happens. I do not use the action screws when i bed i use a  headless in-letting screw and a heavy sand bag to hold the action in while the glass sets or hardens. This has worked well for me over the years. I will agree one load doesn't prove much but in this rifle it was a proven load and only changed after bedding the barrel. I will redo the bedding and see what happens. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif