PROBLEM SOLVING STOCK MODIFICATION
During a 15 minute relay I can fire one warmup shot and either two or three five shot groups. In the warm months, most of the months down here, the barrel gets hot for the third group and accuracy of that third group suffers-third groups are bigger.
While there are many solutions to barrel heat, including mine of pouring water through the barrel, none are entirely satisfactory.
Sportery rifles with thin forends impose at least a psychological disadvantage on their shooters who see the wide-forearm guns shooting.
Free floating barrels are those passing the “dollar bill” test. I've always wondered if some barrels don't thrash about more than a dollar's worth, and touch the stock.
Many Savage rifle shooters replace stocks, so that “tupperware” stock stocks are commonly available for little cash.
Here are pictures of a stock modification engineered to improve barrel cooling, widen that forend and eliminate any barrel-stock contact.