reducing stock flex

[DrThunder88]

You filled the vacancies in the bottom of the forearm with epoxy? It shouldn't affect it too much if at all. Mostly it just helps to prevent the stock from bending up and touching the rifle if you're shooting from a position that puts a lot of upward pressure on the forearm. Changes in the pressure on the forearm could affect accuracy.

And the bedding problem dealt with bedding a heavy barrel a few inches in front of the recoil lug. Evidently the vibrations of firing cause the barrel to move in such a way that caused problems. Pressure point bedding typically applied pressure towards the forend tip. I suspect it fell out of favor as ammunition options diversified. A limited selection might mean that a given rifle would need to be tuned to a specific load whereas today's shooters can shop around and find a good load for their own particular rifle, which is expected to perform equally well with any load. That last part is just conjecture though.

[ohihunter2014]

You filled the vacancies in the bottom of the forearm with epoxy? It shouldn't affect it too much if at all. Mostly it just helps to prevent the stock from bending up and touching the rifle if you're shooting from a position that puts a lot of upward pressure on the forearm. Changes in the pressure on the forearm could affect accuracy.

And the bedding problem dealt with bedding a heavy barrel a few inches in front of the recoil lug. Evidently the vibrations of firing cause the barrel to move in such a way that caused problems. Pressure point bedding typically applied pressure towards the forend tip. I suspect it fell out of favor as ammunition options diversified. A limited selection might mean that a given rifle would need to be tuned to a specific load whereas today's shooters can shop around and find a good load for their own particular rifle, which is expected to perform equally well with any load. That last part is just conjecture though.

I didnt do the epoxy yet. the gun shoots very well and i want to set it up as a predator rifle which would need a bipod but the forarm flexes too much for that so i figured tighten it up with epoxy to make it more stiff.

[FW Conch]

I have yet to see a Tupperware stock touch the barrel just because a bipod was installed. Yes the stock will flex, but only if I grab the barrel and stock and push it over. If a barrel touched any stock of mine I would wrap sand paper around a deep socket and open up the barrel channel until there was no way it could touch.

There has been plenty written here about how to stiffen a Tupperware stock, and a search can easily find it.

But I agree with those who say it is a waste of time and money. The $100 invested in a Boyds stock is well worth it, and many of us up grade further. Once you have experienced an aluminum bedding block, nothing else compares.

There is no lighter stock,"for the money", than the Stevens 200 plastic stock. I keep three of them around for when I want a lite weight walking rifle, and they are plenty accurate for hunting accuracy, flex or not.

When I want to shoot small holes from the bench, I don't even consider a plastic stock.

JMHO here, but anyone who is not willing invest $100 at any point in time, is in the wrong hobby(sport) :-)). Every time I place an order I make sure I get $100 worth of stuff to justify the $15 shipping cost. And I have done that more times than I can remember.

But, if one wants to dabble with a plastic stock, go for it :-))

JMHO ... Good Luck ... Jim