Quote Originally Posted by fgw_in_fla View Post
Alright...
If I must make a fool of myself in public forum for everyone's amusement, so be it. I mean, what the heck...

My first Savage was a plain 'ol Stevens 200 in 30.06. I didn't like the flexing stock & wanted a .270. Don't know why. Just wanted one. I found a good used barrel & proceeded to do my thing. This is where I came up with the brainstorm of rods in the stock fore end.

After the barrel change (and briefly thinking geeez this barrel seems to screw in differently) and rod / epoxy work, I wander out to the testing section of the swamp. First shot snapped both action screws as the receiver shifted back from the recoil. It took many hours to remove the screw pieces & the screw holes in the stock got a little oblong.
Also, I needed to change my BVD's...

I'd rather not discuss the black eye I got from the scope if you don't mind.

So there. Now you know.
Yes, I was STOOPID for not looking on the bench & wondering why I had an extra recoil lug sitting there looking back at me.
I would not say its stupid, would just say its one of those things that happens occasionally and we all make mistakes, just hopefully not with a gun.

Well at least you are okay and at least it was not a 458 winmag.

Have seen all sorts of blunder photos of guns, something in the barrel, pistol powder in a rifle etc. Saw where one guy nearly blew his thumb off with a S+W 460 magnum pistol just because his thumb was in the wrong place IE hanging out there a little too far.

Read about a gunsmith that set up a heavy hitter for Africa and did not check the headspace, gave it to his partner and that guy I think blew off a few fingers or a hand and lost an eye or something like that.

Heck I bet there was even a few gunsmiths that have done what you did.

It happens.