Thank you, Frank, for making me feel better. I picked up a Voere .300 Win Mag a while back. My original intention was to just use it as it came. Then I decided to touch up the stock a bit, and then I decided to touch up a couple spots in the bluing, then I was going to shoot it.

I decided to strip all the bluing and re-blue the barrel and action. Then I re-finished the stock.

When I pulled the barrel and action and discovered that there as a rub spot on the barrel where the white line between the rosewood cap and the rest of the stock came together had rubbed on the barrel. I decided to go ahead and fix that so that the barrel free-floated as designed (it is also pillar mounted). That was a 10 or 15 minute fix using a 1/4 spool carving chisel. I just removed the portion of the white line that protruded from the stock.

I still haven't shot it as they recommended letting the bluing cure for 6 weeks or so.