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Warning on laminated wood stocks
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1654685" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>If you wrap tape around the barrel, now you have tape on the underside of the barrel. I can use a shim, a business card, a piece of paper folded to my desired thickness, along side the barrel on the 'offending ' side to push toward the center of the barrel channel, shifting action and all. I don't want to raise the barrel from the stock. I want to open the underside of the barrel channel to achieve the free float after the glass has cured. If you wrap the tape, you are raising the action, also. Raise it far enough and it my show at the ejection port. The bottom rail at the ejection port should be level with the opening in the stock. Bottom metal comes into play, also. Shim the barreled action far enough and now the screws don't hit the holes when you put them in. It becomes a circle jerk. A crappy stock that's not straight. One needs to be careful shimming light, hunting barrels from the side. Making sure there is plenty of room for the action to shift with the barrel. Other wise, you could be just springing the barrel away to have it spring back again when the shim is removed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1654685, member: 24284"] If you wrap tape around the barrel, now you have tape on the underside of the barrel. I can use a shim, a business card, a piece of paper folded to my desired thickness, along side the barrel on the 'offending ' side to push toward the center of the barrel channel, shifting action and all. I don't want to raise the barrel from the stock. I want to open the underside of the barrel channel to achieve the free float after the glass has cured. If you wrap the tape, you are raising the action, also. Raise it far enough and it my show at the ejection port. The bottom rail at the ejection port should be level with the opening in the stock. Bottom metal comes into play, also. Shim the barreled action far enough and now the screws don't hit the holes when you put them in. It becomes a circle jerk. A crappy stock that's not straight. One needs to be careful shimming light, hunting barrels from the side. Making sure there is plenty of room for the action to shift with the barrel. Other wise, you could be just springing the barrel away to have it spring back again when the shim is removed. [/QUOTE]
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