I did zero bedding as of this time. I’m considering bedding versus dremel clearing. It shoots great groups now, but I haven’t taken it out to past 200 yds yet. If it shoots good out to 500 or so, I’ll call it good. I have several other real serious 1,000 yard rifles, this may end up being just a fun lightweight hunting rifle. Not sure what direction this one will go.
If you do a simple bedding job I would say do the free-float job first so it sits in the stock true. I used a long socket from a socket wrench set and a 1" dowel with #60 sandpaper. I found that you have to tighten down the barrel to see how much you have removed.
The lugs just sit there. Before bedding my stock, if I had turned it upside down the lugs just fell out. I think a minimalist bedding can only help. If you start with a free-floated barrel, you can carefully wrap uniform turns of tape on the barrel to insure it lays true in the stock when you bed. I watched several You Tubes. GunBlue490 has a good one.
The only gotcha is the mag well. You have to really make sure you use blue tape and release agent or it will become a permanent fixture in the stock. I also found it helpful to take the entire trigger assembly off. And if you have to do that, you might as well get a Timney trigger