hereinaz-Thank you for the rationale. I looked through the pictures again and have one suggestion for the crowd here which concerns the rear tang- If it is sitting high, it means that the barreled action is not sitting properly. Might I suggest Dremeling out a bit of stock material in the rear tang area and then scoring the area with an "X" pattern to insure that the action sits right and will fit better into the stock with the X pattern further holding it in place.Crayola modeling clay works as well as the more expensive modeling clays.One more little tip for the crowd- When you get to the moment of truth to pop out the barreled action from the stock and it just won't pop, throw it into your freezer (or a neighbor's freezer if more space is needed), leave it there overnight, remove it and immediately pop it. The metal should have contracted just enough to separate from the stock.