A lighter barrel will definitely benefit from barrel or forearm placement on the bag, or from how it's bedded or fitted to the barrel and receiver.
A good heavy barrel will be ridgid enough that most of us are not capable of discerning any accuracy difference between how it's fitted, rested, etc...
Of course the caliber, recoil, etc. will determine this also, as those guns with higher pressure chamberings will flex and vibrate more, with any weight barrel, so placement and fitting will be more important with them, than with a light recoil low pressure round.
I've got a couple old schuetzen rifles that no matter where I rest the forearm or barrel, they seem to still hit equally well. Then I've got a few rifles that are very sensitive to forearm pressure, and barrel support when firing.
Last edited by Vall; 03/12/09 07:39 PM.
