greasehole

[WadePatton]

I poked one into my stock today.

For some reason I never liked the hole in the middle of a drilled one, so i made my hole without.  Of course I'll keep it filled with grease, but I like it much without the pilot/center hole.

I've been refining the architecture of my TN elk rifle.  Raising the rear of the lock panels, raising/refining the cheekpiece, adding a touch of hollow to the comb, general thinning of wrist and butt.  And poking a hole--a flat bottomed hole.

After finishing (again) I'll beeswax the hole before adding grease (tallow).

[kaintuck]

Wade, funny thing in the tenn research world I've been looking at....SMR for a time period had these, the a little further north into KY, the Mtn rifles didn't......maybe a fad?

Interesting.......

Marc n tomtom

[WadePatton]

Hole or elongated metal box is practically every TN rifle i study, and so shall mine.

Smokinbuck is an authority on grease hole technique.  Might ask him for ideas. 

technique?  poke hole, don't go thru, ...what else is there?  Did he booboo one?   I'm done with that hole, the 40 gets a "banana box", not sure on the 30 yet.

off to the shop to make shavings...