If you ask someone who machines the barrels they bend with the weight of the barrel, in the lathe
hence the forearm bedding to shorten the length of "especially" thin whippy barrels to get them to shoot, look at factory rifles with forend pressure pads
I'm sure that a slight bend wouldn't hurt as a barrel does whip when shot,
but we all know that if the barrel is touching at one side of the forearm it will not shoot well
I think it will be more than one problem in the barrel that would make it not a good barrel
I would not do any testing of a 22 rimfire at 25 yards as you will only see what it is going to be like with the ammo at the distance you will sight it in,
IMO 50-75 yards for a 22 rimfire
some rifles wont shoot very well and you cant make them
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