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<blockquote data-quote="ZG47" data-source="post: 2839345" data-attributes="member: 91441"><p>You could bed an aluminium extrusion into the fore-end channel. I seem to recall that Browning Arms did that on the A bolt. As a carpenter, I can tell you that longitudinal metal stiffening does work, and not just on the macro scale where I typically do such work.</p><p>We have put 6mm steel flitch plates between 4x2 (90x45) studs to avoid using 90mm RHS in a situation where we needed to run a couple of studs from the foundation of a two storey house right up to the top of the parapet. This was necessary because the original parapet wall used jack studs, instead of running full height studs from the concrete foundation and the prevailing wind—which gusts up to 130 km/h—had pushed the wall, causing the stucco to crack; some time over seventy odd years, admitting water.</p><p>The foregoing may seem long winded BUT I am trying to illustrate my point. Metal reinforcement can work on a well-sealed fore-end because there is so little timber to move. Moisture can be absorbed up to a hundred times faster through the end grain than the face of a piece of timber BUT if you seal the end grain there is no problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZG47, post: 2839345, member: 91441"] You could bed an aluminium extrusion into the fore-end channel. I seem to recall that Browning Arms did that on the A bolt. As a carpenter, I can tell you that longitudinal metal stiffening does work, and not just on the macro scale where I typically do such work. We have put 6mm steel flitch plates between 4x2 (90x45) studs to avoid using 90mm RHS in a situation where we needed to run a couple of studs from the foundation of a two storey house right up to the top of the parapet. This was necessary because the original parapet wall used jack studs, instead of running full height studs from the concrete foundation and the prevailing wind—which gusts up to 130 km/h—had pushed the wall, causing the stucco to crack; some time over seventy odd years, admitting water. The foregoing may seem long winded BUT I am trying to illustrate my point. Metal reinforcement can work on a well-sealed fore-end because there is so little timber to move. Moisture can be absorbed up to a hundred times faster through the end grain than the face of a piece of timber BUT if you seal the end grain there is no problem. [/QUOTE]
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