Author Topic: Swamped Barrel Inletting Help?  (Read 4003 times)

Offline Birddog6

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Re: Swamped Barrel Inletting Help?
« Reply #25 on: August 21, 2025, 02:50:08 PM »
The barrel needs to go back at least 1/4" more, if not more.  All of Dunlaps stocks are this way unless he recently made new patterns. 
And you should go back Before you inlet it Down, or you are going to be gluing in slivers of wood....  I have built over a dozen of his stocks & all them were the same way.  I prefer to hav to move the barrel back, as you cannot move the lock inlet.  You CAN move the barrel back. I prefer no lock inlet at all, but all of Dunlaps have the lock inlet 3/4 way cut in.
Keith Lisle

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Re: Swamped Barrel Inletting Help?
« Reply #26 on: August 31, 2025, 05:15:06 PM »
The barrel needs to go back at least 1/4" more, if not more.  All of Dunlaps stocks are this way unless he recently made new patterns. 
And you should go back Before you inlet it Down, or you are going to be gluing in slivers of wood....  I have built over a dozen of his stocks & all them were the same way.  I prefer to hav to move the barrel back, as you cannot move the lock inlet.  You CAN move the barrel back. I prefer no lock inlet at all, but all of Dunlaps have the lock inlet 3/4 way cut in.

You CAN move the lock inlet. On a couple over the years, I found it easiest to take a piece of paper, rub it over the inlet to get a pattern. Cut a piece of wood to fit the inlet, and glue in place. Once the glue sets, sand down to flush and re-inlet the lock. Much simpler than moving the barrel and lugs, and if fit well, will be invisible on the finished gun.
Ric Carter
Somers, Montana