webradbury
08-08-2014, 08:34 AM
I hope this is the correct place to post this.
I have been working on a Krag project using a new Boyd full length krag stock and found yesterday that the forend is about 1/2" off center to the left. I put the barreled action in the stock for the first time and found this. I can push the forend over with finger pressure and align it with the barrel and the end barrel band will hold the stock in this position, however, I don't like it. It just bothers me knowing it is under tension. I'm sure if I built it like this and let it ride, over time the stock would be trained into this new posture or at least that's my theory. It might split wide open for all I know!
I know replacement forends are available to repair sporterized stocks and this may be an option if I can't get mine to work.
Any thoughts? How is the best/strongest way to join a new forend to a stock? I'm thinking a dowel glued under and perpendicular to the barrel channel to pin the two parts together. Thanks in advance. Will
I have been working on a Krag project using a new Boyd full length krag stock and found yesterday that the forend is about 1/2" off center to the left. I put the barreled action in the stock for the first time and found this. I can push the forend over with finger pressure and align it with the barrel and the end barrel band will hold the stock in this position, however, I don't like it. It just bothers me knowing it is under tension. I'm sure if I built it like this and let it ride, over time the stock would be trained into this new posture or at least that's my theory. It might split wide open for all I know!
I know replacement forends are available to repair sporterized stocks and this may be an option if I can't get mine to work.
Any thoughts? How is the best/strongest way to join a new forend to a stock? I'm thinking a dowel glued under and perpendicular to the barrel channel to pin the two parts together. Thanks in advance. Will