10/22 problem..stock bolt to long

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Maybe this should be in the gunsmithing forum but i thought i would get a better responce in here.

Here goes..I picked up a Richards microfit stock from a member in here about 6 months back. The stock bolt and bushing were already installed in it. This past weekend i bought a 10/22 target model and proceeded to put the 2 together.

The stock bolt bushing is seated to deep in the stock and the stock bolt bottoms out when i tighten it.I need to shorten the bolt by about a eighth of a inch or so but cant back the bolt out of the bushing. I tried to tap the unit out as a whole and work on it but it doesnt want to budge.

Kinda looks like my only option is to shorten the bolt while its in the stock but this is risky as i have to get the threads just right so the bolt will screw back in the receiver.

Any ideas??:bangHead:
 
The bolt will come out of the bushing. It did on all three 10/22 stocks I've had. You just need to unscrew it while pulling it out.

If that doesn't work - looks like a dremel tool is your only option. You should be able to do it without wrecking the threads.
 
I got it and got it figured out. While i tried to unsrew it i had a buddy take a punch and put pressure on the screw. It was tight but it came out. Then i took and drove the stock bushing out and turned it over so the counter sunk side was towards the receiver. Wallhhhaaaaa.....i lost about 3/16 of a inch of threads ,then i inserted it back into the stock and it tightened down just fine..:D :D :p
 
I wouldn't recommend flipping the bushing... it's really the only anchor point for the whole receiver and barrel, and I think you'll have problems crushing the bushing, or the bushing will sink into the wood.
 
Might happen but we will see..by flipping the bushing the outside bearing surface of the stock bolt is on the outer wall of the bushing and bearing down on the wood directly. I tapped the bushing back in till it bottomed out in the stock so that there was no movement at all.

Its now like that there is a hollow brass bushing in the stock but all the bearing surfaces are tightened against wood. I dont think that the bushing will collapse and cause any movement...there is not enough pressure against it. Its like a pillar bedding scenario...only thing is that the piller has a hollow spot in it that i dont think it will cause any problems. If it looks like it might i can always drive it out again,fill it with bedding compound and make a bushing that is good and solid.

At least its easier then trying to shave some threads off a bolt and getting the pitch right..only time will tell....hopefully this weekend if its not raining..:rolleyes:
 
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