Thread: free floating and bedding rifle stock at home

A number of factory stocks have some upward pressure on the barrel. It can help with accuracy. but if the stock moves then the accuracy/consistency will change. Just screw it together and see how it shoots. If the accuracy is not there then I would bed the action and free float the barrel. Note that free floating the barrel won't necessarily make it more accurate, but it will make it more consistent as any cahnges in the stock will have less effect on the barrel.
A gunsmith will probably charge a couple of hundred to bed the action and float the barrel.