LDHunter
Well-Known Member
I have picked up a Remington Model 7KS Custom Shop rifle in 7-08 and it has one of the older but very nice Brown Precision stocks that are tough as granite.
I have almost managed to finally get enough material removed from the barrel channel to free float the barrel and to my dismay I've found that the recoil lug recess seems to be too shallow and now that the barrel channel is opened up, I can feel the barreled action slightly rocking in the stock like a seesaw when I put it back in the stock and before I put the action screws back in.
What I'm looking for is advice on how to root out the recoil recess (make it deeper only) without disturbing the front and back bedding material that's there. I'm not savvy enough to add to the bedding to raise the barreled action either. *sigh*
I believe that the bedding job was done professionally and NOT by the Custom Shop as I've seen quite a few of their bedding jobs and they all looked the same but different from this one. I'm loathe to pay someone to completely rebed it as this rifle shoots just fine already and I feel that if I can deepen the recess it will shoot even better.
Anyway. Ideas? Maybe theres a specialty tool that can make this easy? This stock is hell for tough and makes my McMillan stocks look like soft butter by comparison. (gross exaggeration alert) LOL
Maybe I should just be anal about torquing the stock back in and cross torque very carefully? I can't imagine that this is the best method but I don't claim to be a gunsmith either.
Bob
I have almost managed to finally get enough material removed from the barrel channel to free float the barrel and to my dismay I've found that the recoil lug recess seems to be too shallow and now that the barrel channel is opened up, I can feel the barreled action slightly rocking in the stock like a seesaw when I put it back in the stock and before I put the action screws back in.
What I'm looking for is advice on how to root out the recoil recess (make it deeper only) without disturbing the front and back bedding material that's there. I'm not savvy enough to add to the bedding to raise the barreled action either. *sigh*
I believe that the bedding job was done professionally and NOT by the Custom Shop as I've seen quite a few of their bedding jobs and they all looked the same but different from this one. I'm loathe to pay someone to completely rebed it as this rifle shoots just fine already and I feel that if I can deepen the recess it will shoot even better.
Anyway. Ideas? Maybe theres a specialty tool that can make this easy? This stock is hell for tough and makes my McMillan stocks look like soft butter by comparison. (gross exaggeration alert) LOL
Maybe I should just be anal about torquing the stock back in and cross torque very carefully? I can't imagine that this is the best method but I don't claim to be a gunsmith either.
Bob