Just finished working up a load for my 260, I ran into something I have not experience before. The rifle is to 700T and i am very happy with the accuracy, it will touch the first 2 rounds but allways seems to throw the 3rd? I wait till the barrel feels not hot before i shoot but it seems to heat up quicky, I know its warm out and that might have some thing to do with it, but i was wondering if I free floated the barrel if that would help keep it a little cooler or maybe relieve the heat stress on the barrel? I did buy the rifle to hunt with, but practice is always good. The rifle is pillar bedded from the factory(so i read) and any advice would be welcome. Oh yes... if you put it down for 15 min or so and shoot it again it is right on the money.