I see no reason to tinker with the bedding on these rifles. They are slightly sensitive to the way you hold them. Always set up your bench rest at the balance point. This, of course, also applies to field positions. The Mk III LEE ENFIELD behaves in a similar manner, possibly one of the reasons so many people experience poor accuracy with them. Remember, the earlier SCHMIDT RUBIN series had floating barrels, but the perfected design went to a supported barrel. I have shot three deer with mine, all one shot kills. It will out shoot any of my scoped hunting rifles, even with the issue sights. In fact, it is the only rifle I use for hunting now I shoot 45grains of IMR3031 with a WINCHESTER 150 gr. POWERPOINT in GRAF brass. This load keeps all 6 shots INSIDE 1.5 inches at 100 yards, and shoots to the sights. I have had such great results with this load, I haven't even considered using match bullets! How could they possibly shoot any better than that? The only thing I don't like is that VERY brisk ejection! It gets hard to find the brass after practicing rapid fire.