One of my favorite guns is a .325 WSM Kimber Montana I bought from a member on here. The super light weight barrel never did give me much confidence with the grouping. I then read an article on the NULA rifles and the research that went with them. So I started searching for a bad review on NULA short mag rifles. And I could not find a single one! So I set out to neutral bed the full length of the barrel and action as does that rifle manufacturer. It did wonders! I can not get a shot to walk at all until the fifth shot. And by the time I reload I'm back on dead center POI. Gets me .5" with factory Nosler Ammo. Not sure I'm even capable of shooting better than that.
Since then I've also full length bedded at neutral an older 7mm A-Bolt that always had a whippy barrel issue. I also cut 2" off the barrel at the same time. It too is a subMOA gun now and by far the most fun gun to shoot in my safe.
These two guns now have taken four shots at animals with four kills. Total recovery distance combined has been 40 yards. And that is only because my blacktail last year made it 40 yards with no liver, one lung and a 1" hole in it's heart. Bang Flop on the other three.
If I was interested in making a sniper rifle and planned on sitting in a clock tower shooting 30 bad guys in rapid succession at 1/2 mile away I might really demand a floated barrel and no shot stringing. But since I will never do anything but bring home steaks and bacon I expect five shots is about four more than I should need.
Only issue I've run into with this type of bedding is I need to make sure to not rest the rifle stalk at the last few inches of the forearm. Other than that it has been fantastic for me.
