Originally Posted by
Big Uncle
Full length bedding a hunting rifle is not a very good idea. Any pressure changes on the stock (like shooting with a tight sling) will cause changes in the bedding that will affect POI.
Adding bedding material to the stock is helpful in the barrel channel for a few of the reasons previously discussed, but the barrel should only contact the bedding for the first 2"- 3" and be floated for the rest.
I take it that you are talking about solid-bedding the entire barreled action, no barrel floating. .....I did that once. Only once. Ended up hogging the barrel channel out and doing it over with the free-float.