I talked to my gunsmiths about the crossbolt and they said it wasn't really necesaary if the action is properly glass bedded. I pulled the action out of the stock and the action recoil lug was poorly bedded with a squirt of compound. I hogged out the wood around this area, filled it with Micro-Bed and set the barreled action back in the stock. Now, here I believe is the important step. I now stood the rifle in a vertival position and tapped rhe muzzle a few times with a rubber mallet. This assures the barrel recoil lug is firmly seated against its steel block in the forearm while the glass cures around the action lug. Now they are both equally absorbing the recoil. I did this befire I ever shot it. It turned out well as indicated by the groups and I'm positive this stock won't split.