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"Float the barrel and bed the action."
Correction. BED THE ACTION and then....and ONLY then, float the barrel. Free-floating a barrel will ALWAYS reduce accuracy, unless the action is rock-solid. Bedding the action is far more important, anyway.
Many people make the mistake of assuming that heat-induced accuracy problems are always due to barrel contact. Often, they are actually due to poor action fit (and cumulative action movement in the stock - a little from each shot).
Even then, there are no guarantees. Many rifles with light sporter barrels do not improve with free floating, but work better with pressure pads in the forend.
It's better to test both ways - but ALWAYS bed the action FIRST.
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