On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:47:02 -0700, wrote:


Thank you for your thoughts Stan. I'll look into this.

I don't think it's going to do much for you. If you were going to
just add the tube as a bloop tube so you could get a longer sight
radius, fine. Just free float the barrel ahead of the chamber. But
to pack the tube full of whatever isn't going to do much but damp some
vibrations or at least change them. Hard to say what it would do for
you. Benchresters used to sleeve their actions back when they were
using standard hunting-type actions, that would probably give you more
benefit than what you want. Pillar bedding would probably gain you
more than that, too. If it was a good idea, benchresters would have
done it already and would still be doing it.

I rather think it's going to let loose after a number of shots, just
from differential expansion. Several old military rifles had full-
length sleeved barrels, they were threaded onto the barrel at the
chamber end and the muzzle end floated free to alow for expansion from
heat.

Stan