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Uncle Alvah

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Stock stability
« on: April 10, 2017, 09:43:07 PM »
My shop is a 12x16 building, usually not heated or cool ed unless I'm in therei working.
Should I keep my barrel in the stocks barrel channel when left alone for a while to discourage warping the foreend?
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Offline Dennis Glazener

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Re: Stock stability
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2017, 10:32:24 PM »
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Should I keep my barrel in the stocks barrel channel when left alone for a while to discourage warping the foreend?
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Absolutely! One reason is to help keep the stock from warping and a second reason is to keep the barrel channel from closing up.
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Re: Stock stability
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2017, 10:44:13 PM »
that'll keep it from shrinking or warping. but there are cases where the forearm will twist radially around the barrel if the grain orientation is fully quarter sawn and given the length of some stocks, there is potential for one end or the other to deviate from quarter sawn. your best bet is to get the stock well sealed as soon as you can after shaping and store it in as stable an environment as you can find.
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Offline WadePatton

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Re: Stock stability
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2017, 10:55:59 PM »
Quote from: Dennis Glazener on April 10, 2017, 10:32:24 PM
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Should I keep my barrel in the stocks barrel channel when left alone for a while to discourage warping the foreend?
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Absolutely! One reason is to help keep the stock from warping and a second reason is to keep the barrel channel from closing up.
Dennis

It doesn't have to be a bbl, but anything you can shim to fit snugly.  BBL is best of course, but I'd use a wooden dowel before nothing at all.  The more wood has been removed, the more important this can be.  Helps keep the fore-end from snapping off if it gets knocked over too.  This has happened (not to me).
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Re: Stock stability
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2017, 05:21:00 AM »
When I get through for the night I either tape a strip of wood inside the barrel channel, or tie strap the barrel. Then I take the stock and barrel inside and put it in a closet until I start back on it. I never leave it outside in the shop where humidity can cause more warpage.
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Re: Stock stability
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2017, 01:27:30 PM »
If your shop temperature goes above and below freezing the bores of your barrels will rust.
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Re: Stock stability
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2017, 09:16:16 PM »
Quote from: Mike Brooks on April 11, 2017, 01:27:30 PM
If your shop temperature goes above and below freezing the bores of your barrels will rust.

Mike, depends where you are. It isn't a problem out here in the dry west.
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Re: Stock stability
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2017, 09:54:21 PM »
Quote from: Waksupi on April 13, 2017, 09:16:16 PM
Quote from: Mike Brooks on April 11, 2017, 01:27:30 PM
If your shop temperature goes above and below freezing the bores of your barrels will rust.

Mike, depends where you are. It isn't a problem out here in the dry west.

You spoke Gospel there ... Flagstaff, Arizona to Smoketown PA. and LOTS of things developed a (not so) fine coat of rust.    >:(

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