Reply With QuotePersonally I'd attack it with the wooden dowel.
What would you do? Looks extreme to me. I loosened action screws and tried to readjust stock but it didn't work.
Personally I'd attack it with the wooden dowel.
Hard to take pictures!
If you have another stock that will fit the action, try it in that. That will tell you if it is a stock issue or if the action screw holes were cut misaligned. In the latter case, the action would have to be replaced - a much bigger deal than a stock.
Option C: Keep practicing the loosen and center trick because clearly you haven't mastered it yet.
I'm guessing this is a synthetic stock, yes? What's the gaps look like from the top? Is the stock warped or is the barreled action just not centering up?
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Well, that is a problem. I have two other Savage rifles but they are short action (243,260). This is the only long action Savage I have.
It's the Accustock.
Just got it. 2011 non catalog long range hunter in 300 win mag. Didn't want Karsten adjustable comb or hinged floor plate and this one has neither.
Broke many Remington hearts with these two. No problems what so ever. LRP 260 and pred. hunter max 1 243. This is why I went with Savage again.
And yes I did shoot it just to see what it would do. Top is with brake closed (3 inches) and bottom with brake open (2 1/2 inches).
I asked in another post about dbm and said these were managed recoil Remington's I got for the brass.
That new? I'd send it back and have 'em give it a once over.
Roll it over and set it in upside down. Does it touch the opposite side?
All you need to do to see if the stock is warped is remove the barreled action and use a good straight yard stick (standing on edge) centered on the action screw holes. It will be blatantly obvious if the stock is warped if the yard stick is closer to one side or the other at the end of the barrel channel.
The same yard stick can be used to check the barreled action as well using the scope mount screw holes.
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Thanks for the replies.
Wood dowel trick? Can anyone explain or link to a thread?
I found it on a search here. Basically remove action and use 3/4" wooden dowel with sandpaper to open barrel channel. I used a 5/8"(all I could find yesterday). I almost used deep well socket I had, but dowel gave longer surface contact. I had to do one side at the time because it wasn't right size.
Ah. Basically using a dowel as a sanding block then.
Your problem lies with the recoil lug being tilted. If you notice those lugs do not have an alignment key.
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Sandpaper wrapped around a dowel to straighten or enlarge a stock's barrel channel.Originally Posted by rattfink
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