RR problem??

[Bigmon]

Thanks for the help on the lock problem, now something alot easier.  I think I have a couple ways to remedy this but would like some advice first.
I am using a stock that was discarded by a pretty advanced builder previous to this project.
He said he could not remember why he quit on it, and I think I found out why.
After I inlet and pined the barrel, and then finished inletting the lock, and now the trigger, everything functions fine.
But I noticed that once the lock is inlet it opened into the RR channel.  I have discovered that the RR channel is off center and veered into the lock area, slightly.
But enough to keep the RR from going the entire way down, as it hits the main spring of the lock.
I even tried a 5/16" RR with a brass tip, and it hits the spring.
Could I remove some off the spring?
Or do I open up the top of the RR channel from above in the barrel channel and widen the channel toward the other side?  That would be alot more work if I patched everything up after???

[smylee grouch]

I had a 5/16 piece of redi rod that I peened over slightly on the end and made a scraper to scrape the hole larger on the off side. It worked but would depend on how much you have to remove.

[Eric Krewson]

This works well for your problem; I peened the end of a 5/16" ramrod drill to make a scraper, I sharpened the scraper end.



You could hold the end of the scraper against the wood you need to remove through your lock inlet, I shimmed my rod up with leather to make it cut the side I needed bigger.



This scraper cuts very well, I went from not getting my 3/8" ramrod in over 2" to an easy pass in about 15 minutes.  This was on a bad pre-carve that actually had been cut with a dog leg in the ramrod channel and hole. I only caught this late in the build.

I had the exact same problem as you on a Kibler SMR, the ramrod hole broke into the lock mortis but my spring wasn't hitting. This was before I made the scraper. I used a small gouge first and then bent a rat tail file to go in through the lock inlet to file the ramrod hole in the opposite direction. Once I removed enough wood and after I glued in a piece to cover the errant ramrod hole, you couldn't tell I had ever worked on it.   

[smart dog]

Hi Eric,
What a really clever solution!!  Well done.  If the hole is way off center and needs a lot of wood removed, I guess I would open up the bottom of the barrel channel and rout the hole straight using a Dremel and round cutter.  Then glue in a patch.  It is not hard to do.  If the correction just requires a small amount of wood removal, I think Eric's method is the best solution.

dave 

[Bigmon]

Thanks fellas!! Now that's another great idea.
Gonna check this afternoon and see what I have around her to make a scraper.
But most of all, I am sort of glad I am not the only person to find this problem..
Thanks again

[Steeltrap]

I’m thinking All-Thread may work well.