looking for a new stock for rem 700 sps

[762shooter]

i have a walnut stocked rifle thats doing what stubblejumper describes. its free-floated with about a 1mm gap and you can actually see the stock warp and push against the barrel from the side, then go back to normal as it dries out in the cabinet.

is there anything you can do to prevent this or somehow lessen the warping? its an old rifle and a synthetic stock is not an option.
would drying it out, then a heavy 50-50 mix of turp/tung oil left to soak in real deep, then a half dozen coats or so of tung oil help seal the stock and prevent humidity changes?

Yes, but it takes work. If the wood warps when it gets wet the grain isn't straight or varies in density. So to fix the problem you have to interrupt the grain in the forend. To do this you make two cuts with a bandsaw straight down the forend avoiding the checkering if you can. Then you glue strips of walnut veneer in to the cuts using epoxy glue. Clamp, let cure, trim excess wood and glue, touch up checkering if necessary and refinish stock.

 

[manbearpig]

Yes, but it takes work. If the wood warps when it gets wet the grain isn't straight or varies in density. So to fix the problem you have to interrupt the grain in the forend. To do this you make two cuts with a bandsaw straight down the forend avoiding the checkering if you can. Then you glue strips of walnut veneer in to the cuts using epoxy glue. Clamp, let cure, trim excess wood and glue, touch up checkering if necessary and refinish stock.

id never have thought of that, thank you. so you are basically making it into a semi-laminate stock.
i will try stripping it and soaking it thoroughly with a 50-50 turp/oil mix to let it absorb deeper, then sealing it with several coats of tung oil first. if that doesnt help i will try the band saw technique and resealing it again.
do you have a specific epoxy glue you'd recommend? is there a trick to ensure that the stock is perfectly straight when clamping while the glue sets? how about with the action in the stock (its glass bedded) and centered in the barrel channel with electrical tape wound around the barrel, then clamping/gluing the stock?

 

[Furync]

 

[762shooter]

id never have thought of that, thank you. so you are basically making it into a semi-laminate stock.
i will try stripping it and soaking it thoroughly with a 50-50 turp/oil mix to let it absorb deeper, then sealing it with several coats of tung oil first. if that doesnt help i will try the band saw technique and resealing it again.
do you have a specific epoxy glue you'd recommend? is there a trick to ensure that the stock is perfectly straight when clamping while the glue sets? how about with the action in the stock (its glass bedded) and centered in the barrel channel with electrical tape wound around the barrel, then clamping/gluing the stock?

Just use 2 part epoxy without any fillers, in other words, clear. If you line up the edges on the muzzle end of the forend it will be as straight as it was originally. Your suggestions could work but they start to get complicated to clamp up. As long as you have some meat on the forend it would be better to fit the barrel channel to the barrel after the glue has set.