While back I broke the stock on my M77 30-06. I put it into a Hogue stock with pillar bedding and it shot like a house on fire. However, I never liked the look ( walnut fetish). So I ordered a factory stock from and it practically dropped in. When I shot it the results were less than spectacular.
Ran a bill under the barrel and there was a pressure point at the front (as you would expect) and a pressure point just under where the rear sight sits (didn't expect that). Stuck a chunk of credit card under the barrel, just ahead of the action/recoil lug and the group significantly shrunk. I pulled the barrel and action right out and sure enough there was a very small ridge of wood in the bottom of the barrel channel where the contact was . I can't figure if this was left over from cutting out the channel or if it is deliberate to the design.
My plan is to take just a fraction of it down with sandpaper ( we're only talking about a small triangle of wood about 2mm in height). Rationale is in the worse case scenario I can always just get it bedded. I don't think removing this little bit of wood will hurt. Or will it?
Ran a bill under the barrel and there was a pressure point at the front (as you would expect) and a pressure point just under where the rear sight sits (didn't expect that). Stuck a chunk of credit card under the barrel, just ahead of the action/recoil lug and the group significantly shrunk. I pulled the barrel and action right out and sure enough there was a very small ridge of wood in the bottom of the barrel channel where the contact was . I can't figure if this was left over from cutting out the channel or if it is deliberate to the design.
My plan is to take just a fraction of it down with sandpaper ( we're only talking about a small triangle of wood about 2mm in height). Rationale is in the worse case scenario I can always just get it bedded. I don't think removing this little bit of wood will hurt. Or will it?
