RE: Free Floating my Ruger
 

I had a M77 in 220Swift that I free floated. I ended up epoxying a pressure point back into the stock

RE: Free Floating my Ruger
 

I have the M77 Mark II in .308 stainless/synthetic , and it is about 5 years old. It was a tack driver right out of the box, and it still is.... I say leave it alone.

RE: Free Floating my Ruger
 

We used to free float barrels to keep the effect of the wood stock swelling from changing the point of impact, not the size of the group...

Since your rifle has a synthetic stock, you will actually probably hurt the accuracy...

I have improved accuracy on some rifles with pressure points...Simply take a 12 gauge fired shotgun shell, cut a 3/4 inch section out of it, cut in half, so you have a half moon...Loosen up the screws holding the barrel to the stock and slide this adjustable pressure point between the stock and barrel...

RE: Free Floating my Ruger
 

IMO a light barrel normally shoots better with a pressure point. Again IMO the pressure point allows less barrel whip(Harmonic vibration).The pressure point is important as long as you have the ability to keep it consistent. I have helped an untold number of shooter's over the year's who wanted to free float their barrel immediately. The first thing I showed them was the importance of tightening their stock screws(to the barreled action). There is a definite procedure to follow when tightening your screws, and how tight to attach these screws. I find a torque screw driver to be a necessity for constant accuracy. It is one of the cheapest tools you can buy that will yield the most accuracy for your dollars spent. Proper and consistent torque is very important to me.

Free floating is actually a cheaper way to build a rifle. It takes a lot more "work"-manufacturing time to establish a proper pressure point.

IMO a rifle that has it's screws torqued properly, and the pressure point done properly, will shoot as well or even better than a free floated barrel(light barrels). Heavy barrels are a totally different game. Also barrel length is another variable. Tom.

RE: Free Floating my Ruger
 

Thanks for all the imput guys. I have shot my rifle a number of times and it does shoot great I was more curious about the pressurepoints than anythingthen anything. I will leave it alone.

I haven't got it into a bench yet but off a pair of shooting sticks yesterday I dropped a buck at 200 yds it hit dead on so it will.