Opening up a barrel channel..some ?s

[4xforfun]

This is very simple, quick, and EXACT. Just grab a role of emmery cloth, sand paper, whatever. If the stock-bbl fit is way tight, just loosten up the action screws enough to get the emmery cloth to fit and saw your way up the bbl channel. Once that goes smoothly, tighten up the action screws a bit and do it again. Kepp at it till you can easly fit the emmery cloth all the way to the reciever. If you want the channel bigger, add a second, third ...piece of papper and repeat to taste!! You even don't even need to remove the scope, although I think it is a bit easier with it off.

When I am done I usually remove the stock and blow away any dust outof the bbl channel, and, if it is wood stock, you may want to seal the wood with something.

Again..fast (like 10 min start to finish)..simple...and....no tools other than something to remove your stock.

Good luck.

 

[Bigeclipse]

This is very simple, quick, and EXACT. Just grab a role of emmery cloth, sand paper, whatever. If the stock-bbl fit is way tight, just loosten up the action screws enough to get the emmery cloth to fit and saw your way up the bbl channel. Once that goes smoothly, tighten up the action screws a bit and do it again. Kepp at it till you can easly fit the emmery cloth all the way to the reciever. If you want the channel bigger, add a second, third ...piece of papper and repeat to taste!! You even don't even need to remove the scope, although I think it is a bit easier with it off.

When I am done I usually remove the stock and blow away any dust outof the bbl channel, and, if it is wood stock, you may want to seal the wood with something.

Again..fast (like 10 min start to finish)..simple...and....no tools other than something to remove your stock.

Good luck.

how do you prevent the edge of the emmery cloth from scuffing up the bottom of the barrel?

 

[4xforfun]

how do you prevent the edge of the emmery cloth from scuffing up the bottom of the barrel?

First off, I have never had the problem, and I have done many, many dozens of stocks.

Second, if I did I wouldn't care...at least on my guns....it is below the line of sight on the tube..out of sight, out of mind.

Third, if it did scuff the tube..and I did manage to care....how hard is it to polish a bbl??? Not vary hard.

Forth, if you have a problem with scratching the tube, simply wrap a layer of tape around the tube before you start. Actually, you don't even need to wrap it..just grab some 2" masking tape..or 100 MPH tape, and run it along the bottom 1/2 of the tube length wise.

 

[FearNoWind]

... do I need to worry about the stock becoming weak due to this? It has an aluminum bedding block that runs down it so I would think not but I am also concerned about sanding down to far where the aluminum actually could pop out.... lightbulb

The aluminum bedding block should be bonded to the stock material so if, for some reason, you sanded that down sightly I don't see any problem. But the aluminum bedding bock typically starts behind the recoil lug so there shouldn't be any reason to open up that area - unless of course the stock maker didn't relieve the stock enough to accept the action.
The little bit of sanding you should need to do isn't going to weaken the stock so don't worry about that. With reference to the two business cards being a little tight, I'd say that's fine as long as the don't hang up entirely. If one slides through like butter and two slide through with just a hint of resistance but don't actually hang up your clearances should be fine.

 

[Bigeclipse]

The aluminum bedding block should be bonded to the stock material so if, for some reason, you sanded that down sightly I don't see any problem. But the aluminum bedding bock typically starts behind the recoil lug so there shouldn't be any reason to open up that area - unless of course the stock maker didn't relieve the stock enough to accept the action.
The little bit of sanding you should need to do isn't going to weaken the stock so don't worry about that. With reference to the two business cards being a little tight, I'd say that's fine as long as the don't hang up entirely. If one slides through like butter and two slide through with just a hint of resistance but don't actually hang up your clearances should be fine.

The aluminum block does indeed start behind the recoil lug but it also runs the entire length of the stock...you just cant see it because it is embedded in the stock material acting a s a support frame. I was concerned if I had to sand away the stock material in the barrel channel enough that it actually started exposing the aluminum frame near the front but I dont think I will have to go that deep.

As for my other rifle...one business card does indeed go through like button with two...it slides through but it is a little tight but I have put many groups through this rifle so I am not terribly concerned especially since it will mainly be only 200 yard gun with a very RARE opportunity at 400 yards.

The new savage which this thread is about however, will be a 500-600 yard gun so it concerns me a bit more.