4T wood clearence.

[Peter Laidler]

Now try twanging the ruler (the barrel) when the other end (the muzzle) is supported sufficient for it to slightly lift away from the support (the muzzle end of the fore-end). Now try it and support the ruler half way along (a central bearing)

I never thought of it this way and hopefully the true experts will come on board and hopefully tell us that we're both barking up the wrong tree or what we're saying is based on false logic. Another point that is sometimes misunderstood is that it's not the fore-end that moves or vibrates when you test for bearing weight or float. It's the barrel

[CINDERS]

James Sweet measured the nodes on the 303 Mk III brl and it is quite striking the points along the barrel where the nodes occurred.
Sweet like Pavey knew the bedding of their 303 rifles intimately and did very well indeed with them Percy Pavey was perhaps one of the best shots Australia ever produced.
Today we have Corbett but then again different era and a purpose built rig...........

Percy Pavey MBE - Shooting

Unchallenged as the greatest competitive marksman Australia has ever produced, Percy Pavey dominated his chosen sport in the same manner as Sir Hubert Opperman in cycling, Sir Donald Bradman in cricket, and Sir Norman Brookes in tennis. His career as a top level marksman spanned more than 30 years.
After moving to Oakleigh, Melbourne, with his parents and sister, he joined the Oakleigh Rifle Club as a young man and soon showed his outstanding skill. A marksman of rare quality, he was selected in both the Victorian and Australian rifle teams for many years, coached both teams, and served on the Victorian Rifle Association Council.
His record in senior competition in Australia is unmatched, winning numerous King's and Queen's badges. The Kings and Queens prize is the same prize event and is linked to whoever is the monarch of the day. The trophy is presented at state, national and international events.

Between 1930 and 1959, he won the Victorian prize five times (1930, 1932, 1935, 1958, 1959), the New South Wales prize twice (1931, 1952), the Queensland prize three times (1930, 1939, 1950), the South Australian prize twice (1938, 1955) and the Tasmanian prize twice (1938, 1956). In 1952 he became the first man to win a King's or Queen's prize and the Jamieson Aggregate in the same year.

In 1928 he won the Canadian Grand Aggregate and the first stage of the Governor General's Aggregate. His proudest moment was winning the coveted King's Prize at Bisley, England (where he represented Australia five times) in 1948 and was presented with this award by King George V. In 1956 he won the Scottish Championship and the Scottish Grand Aggregate. He won the Grand Aggregate, the top prize in the sport, 16 times - the only Australian to achieve this.
His friends knew him as a very gentle and reserved man who travelled everywhere by bicycle. The front fence of his home in Oakleigh was made from the barrels of some of the many rifles he had used.
Someone once commented to Pavey that he should be known as the Don Bradman of rifle shooting, but Pavey responded that in fact Bradman should be known as the Percy Pavey of cricket as he was the elder of the two!
In 1982 he was an inaugural inductee to the Stockman's Hall of Fame in Longreach, Queensland. In 1971 Pavey was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his service to shooting