Double edged sword.. I have spoken to gunsmiths who absolutely do not freefloat barrels and prefer to full bed action and barrel..NULA ships all their rifles in this condition and has found it to work best. ONce again they have a slight barrel on their rifles whereas a heavier countour may shoot better free floated. The Late Mel Smart absolutely told me he would not restock my rifle with a free floating barrel because the possibility of ice and forest debris getting between the barrel and foreend. Half my rifles are free floated , some are pressure point bedded and the rest are full length bedded. My newest rifle will come home completely free floated to the recoil lug but in the conditions I am going to hunt it is not a big deal. None of my rifles shoot that much better regardless of bedding .