Well, i sure don't know. The reason i went for the full length bed, is it seems to me marrying the barrel with the stock would make everything more rigid, and consistent. It seems to me the reason for 'free floating' is because it is so very difficult to marry barrel and stock; hence the 'easy' way is to free float. Right or wrong, it just seemed to me that free floating works good, but full bedding should work better. I sure don't know.