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I was sighting in my Howa 1500 .30-06 yesterday for deer season. After the barrel warmed up it started walking all over the target. I had it free-floated by Allison & Carey a couple years ago, but didn't go hunting last year, and I haven't had time to go to the range this year. What I discovered was that the first 6 inches or so of the stock (from the fore-end) is indeed free-floating, but doesn't have enough clearance. I can only slip one dollar bill between the stock and barrel for that first 6 inches. Two bills is no-go. After 6 inches even one bill hangs up. Obviously this is why the rifle shoots all over the paper as the barrel warms up. I'm really disappointed in Allison & Carey.
Follow-up: The "free float & bedding" job turned out to be as above with the addition of a blob of bedding material haphazardly pressed into the area of the recoil lug. Really disappointing and haphazard work. I solved the problem with a Hogue pillar bedded stock with a billet aluminum backbone.
Passed on working on my firearm due to having guns they like better already in the queue
Its their right to work on what they want, it's also my right to tell folks to avoid this business. They must be doing something right since they are busy, but it's not the place for me and I would say buyer beware with this one. We need more service oriented gunsmiths in Portland.
I asked about changing the front sight on my Rock Island Officers 1911. They sure no problem dove tailed right he says, no staked on. Oh whats that mean he says so I explain it to him and he replies oh I think we can do that. that was two years ago and also my last time ever in that shop.
