I order to take some stress off of the small set screws and to make reinstalling the cheek piece repeatable, I picked up some 3/8" inside diameter, zinc-plated steel sleeves at Lowe's today.
I measured the height needed and cut each sleeve slightly oversized with a hacksaw. I then chucked them in the drill press and lowered the spindle, pressing the cut portion of the sleeve onto a piece of coarse sandpaper. This was repeated over and over, effectively "sneaking up on the length", until both sleeves measured right on. The final step was to chuck each sleeve into my hand drill and use some files to de-burr and chamfer the cut ends.
The finished project(s): my son's rifle (the black and silver rifle in .223) and my rifle (green and gray in .308). Ready for the next match.
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