Longcruise,
The most info on bedding the 'Handi comes from M.L. McPherson's "Accurizing the Factory Rifle" in which he devotes a whole long illustrated chapter to the subject. He glass beds the foreend and the area where the buttstock meets the receiver.
It is an expensive book ($45-55) but Midway USA had it on special in this month's catalog for a bunch off that...
I've never done his bedding job, but he swears by it, and he is quite an authority.
I for one never expect ANY break open rifle, (Handi, Rossi or T/C), to be better than a "pie-plate" gun out past 250 yards. It is just not in their nature. Past that range, get a bolt-action. That having been said, about 1-in-10 of the handi's I've shot wouldn't group at all at 100 yards, even after tightening, trigger, scope, mount, ammo and rest were eliminated. Often, the "Superlight" barrels have this problem, but some users get the rare one of those that's a shooter as well...
My best is a used and abused 25.06 Ultra that I got from a Pawn Shop for $125.00. After a trigger job, good handloads and a Simmons 2.8x10x44 Aetec scope were added, it shoots about 2.5" groups @250 yards.
My advice, put a little more effort into getting your gun to shoot well, but once you try it all and if you still don't get the results you want, sell it and try again!
Good luck - perklo :wink: