Originally Posted by
Big Uncle
For most local hunting this is probably true, but for a hunter that travels to a different areas I think that it makes good sense to bed and float. Humidity and temperature play hob with wooden stocks, and most plastic/fiberglass stocks are a bit flexible.
I always bed a 700 action when shooting magnum cartridges.
+ 1 for that...I couldn't get my 700 in 7mm Mag to shoot for beans till I beaded the action and relieved the barrel channel enough to get the barrel floated the whole length.
Most of my rifles are wood stocked, and bedding/floating seems to help...it certainly hasn't hurt any of them yet.