just installed the new full channel overmold on my model 700 the barrel should float but touches on bottom and 1 side at the end of the stock i saw their tech article about turning the lug but that would only work if it was only touching on 1 side . should i remove rubber or shim the action? if i shim wouldnt that make the bedding useless?

Sand out the barrel channel. Just find a dowel that is the same diameter as your barrel (if it is smaller just give it a few extra wraps) and wrap some 120 grit paper around it.

thanks for the reply was thinking of doing that but wondering how it would effect the rubber dont know how thick it is worried about making it to thin the it start peeling

That is how Hogue suggests it be done too.

I had the same concerns when deciding which barrel profile to order, so I talked to Hogue and got it straight from them to do it this way.