[mtnboomer]

Free-floating a rifle barrel is probably one of the simplest gunsmithing projects there is. All that is required is a wooden dowel and sandpaper. Since the barrel channel in your stock is already slightly larger than your barrel all you need is a dowel approximately the same size as the barrel channel. Wrap 100-grit paper around the dowel and relieve the area that touches your barrel. Some stocks have a pressure-point at the end of the forearm on the bottom of the channel and this is normal. After removing a small amount of wood from the side of the forearm, reassemble the gun and check to see if you can side a dollar bill from the muzzle to the action. If not, a little more wood needs to be removed where the bill binds. If yor stock has a pressure-point you will have to start the bill behind it.