G'Day Fella's,

Tophet1, you said you placed some plastic cards under the Nock's Form, to float the barrel!
Unfortunately, with the Weatherby/Howa type action, you need to have the very bottom of the action recoil lug in contact with the stock at the bottom of the stock inletting, at this point!
This may be having an effect on the poor accuracy, you are experiencing!!!

Here is how you can float the barrel with out altering or removing any stock wood!
Cut out and place one (or more) thicknesses of plastic membership card or credit card (without the embossed numbers) etc under the bottom of the action recoil lug and tang. What this does is raise the metal work upwards and not only floats the barrel in the stock but also floats the action between these two points!

The best way to achieve this, is to mark out the size and shape you will need (on the plastic card), with a fine tip marking pen. This will be the size and shape of the bottom of the Recoil Lug and Tang, ONLY! Then drill (or Wad Punch out) the two action screw clearance holes (6.5mm Dia) in the correct place. Now cut out the final shape of these spacers with a pair of scissors and drop them into place in the stock inletting. Now place a business card in the barrel channel, at the tip of the stock forend and reassemble the rifle. The b/card acts to center the barrel in the channel, so when the rifle is reassembled, remove the b/card. You can also use this b/card to slide the length of the barrel channel, to confirm the barrel is floating.

Sounds simple and it is!

This is not a replacement for a good pillar type bedding job but it is a quick way to float a barrel, to see if there are any bedding problems and or an improvement in accuracy.

Hope that helps

Doh!
Homer