Heads up on Pillar Stock...found a really good source...

Just got these in...I had been searching for a quality pillar material to use on my rifle build...searched high and low...didnt want to use lamp rod as I am sending the stock out to Jeff at CDI to be inlet'd for DBM so I wanted aluminum to ease the load on his tooling, brass or bronze is lots harder than aluminum...last week I stumbled onto ERNIETHEGUNSMITH.COM I bought enough 1/2" OD x .252" ID x 4" and 3/8" OD x .252" ID x 4" rod stock to do 5-6 rifles for $19.85 shipped...pillar stock came today and it is QUALITY material...great tutorials on his website too...

http://erniethegunsmith.com/catalog/c42_p1.html

http://erniethegunsmith.com/sitebuil...tomInstall.jpg

It can be cut to size very easily, chucked up into a drill press or lathe and scored with a file or cutting/parting tool to give the epoxy a place to hold...all in all very impressed with this stuff...cant wait to use it...waiting on a Devcon 10110 shipment...