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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 912144" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Since you can't get the dollar bill to slide freely it means you have contact and thus it's not free floated.</p><p></p><p>This is very easy to solve yourself.</p><p></p><p>Remove the barreled ation from the stock.</p><p></p><p>Carry the stock down to the hardware store with you.</p><p></p><p>Find a dowel rod about the same diameter as the barrel channel at the fore end, and one the next size bigger.</p><p></p><p>Get yourself some 80 grit sand paper, for the rough in and some 120 to finish.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Cut your dowels of so you have a piece about 8" long.</p><p></p><p>Lay it on a piece of the 80gr and pull it down tight. an insert it into the channel.</p><p></p><p>Work it back and forth till you have removed enough material to make a bit of a mess with the sawdust.</p><p></p><p>Now, use the bigger piece and do the same thing all the way back to the lug cut out. </p><p></p><p>Repeat.</p><p></p><p>Replace the barreled action and see if you can pass the dollar bill freely. If you cannot repeat until you can.</p><p></p><p>Personally I want a thickness of about 3 dollar bills clearance all the way. That will give me the space I need below the chamber when I bed it. When I bed one I bed both the lug area and under the barrel for about 3" forward of the barrel lug.</p><p></p><p>When you have good clearance, then smooth it all up with the 120gr.</p><p></p><p>I'll then use something like formby's oil finish to season and help seal the wood. When it won't soak up any more coats of it I'll seal it with Minwax or a similar was based finish or shellac. That way you seal in the oil and seal out the elements reducing changes in the stock due to changes in humidity and temperature.</p><p></p><p>I seriously suggest you do this before you even bother shooting it. Till you've at least done this much you will have no real idea of what kind of accuracy the rifle is capable of.</p><p></p><p>BTW, beautiful stick there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 912144, member: 30902"] Since you can't get the dollar bill to slide freely it means you have contact and thus it's not free floated. This is very easy to solve yourself. Remove the barreled ation from the stock. Carry the stock down to the hardware store with you. Find a dowel rod about the same diameter as the barrel channel at the fore end, and one the next size bigger. Get yourself some 80 grit sand paper, for the rough in and some 120 to finish. Cut your dowels of so you have a piece about 8" long. Lay it on a piece of the 80gr and pull it down tight. an insert it into the channel. Work it back and forth till you have removed enough material to make a bit of a mess with the sawdust. Now, use the bigger piece and do the same thing all the way back to the lug cut out. Repeat. Replace the barreled action and see if you can pass the dollar bill freely. If you cannot repeat until you can. Personally I want a thickness of about 3 dollar bills clearance all the way. That will give me the space I need below the chamber when I bed it. When I bed one I bed both the lug area and under the barrel for about 3" forward of the barrel lug. When you have good clearance, then smooth it all up with the 120gr. I'll then use something like formby's oil finish to season and help seal the wood. When it won't soak up any more coats of it I'll seal it with Minwax or a similar was based finish or shellac. That way you seal in the oil and seal out the elements reducing changes in the stock due to changes in humidity and temperature. I seriously suggest you do this before you even bother shooting it. Till you've at least done this much you will have no real idea of what kind of accuracy the rifle is capable of. BTW, beautiful stick there. [/QUOTE]
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