Short answer is no.

I disagree on the give. Its what we have to work with, best is the aluminum bedding blocks that are solid.

But that is target rifles. The 1917 is not a target rifle, so the wood bedding is the best way to go and standard torque as there is nothign unique to the 1917 in that regard.

I am playing with a cut off 1917 stock I got with a free floating barrel. Have to test that now and then have my brother do the type of bedding you are talking about. After that the key is hand loads to get the best firing point out of the barrel whip.

A lot of disagreement on pressure on the tip. That applies to a full normal stock and it was more what they had to work with.

Target stocks are all free floating. How well that works on a thinner 26 inch barrel?