Thread: advice on bedding

Hi guys, I have a Brno bolt 22 which, on dismantling, found it touching the wood(judging by the blackening of the wood from oil) for about 150mm from the bolt face,ie about five,six inches. And on one side mainly. Am thinking of sanding down that black area to provide complete floating of the barrel. But what is the general practice with such a gun. The breech area is tapered for about 70mm and is blackened then the barrel itself starts and blacked on one side. i can't remembers the accuracy of the gun (a No 5) but is the bedding incorrect? Could snading those black contact areas ijprove the accuracy/consistency of groups?