I've never been concerned with making my rifle too much more accurate, like I've said before, I've shot washington off a dollar bill at 375 yrds with my .30-06. I'm thinking about getting a new .30-06, b/c I like shooting the one I have now so much, I'm wanting to start shooting it more than a hunting rifle should be, making it a benchrest gun. If I do though, I want to take it out as far as it will go, and I might consider to do the same to my new hunting rifle if it isn't as accurate as I'd like it to be. I've learned what bedding is, and I can see how it would effect accuracy noticeably, but what is free floating???? I've come to assume that it means that the bedding holds the barrel and action rather than screws or bolts, but I can't see how that holds the barrel down in the stock. What is free floating exactly, and how much does it effect the gun's inherent accuracy.