I had a barrel band installed on my CZ thanks to AHR so now I want to remove the swivel stud in the forend of the stock. What are my options for filling the whole to make it flush? I took the swivel stud down to Home Depot to see if I could find a screw that would work - didn't have a short and fat enough screw. Now I need a plan B.

Thanks,

Get A Browning Cat. And order a set of screws

Al, It may not be the way you would want to go, but I'll offer this option.

When I relocated the front sling stud on my CZ to the end of the forearm, I filled the hole with acra-glass dyed black. It looks fine to my eye.

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Originally posted by gwindrider1:
Al, It may not be the way you would want to go, but I'll offer this option.

When I relocated the front sling stud on my CZ to the end of the forearm, I filled the hole with acra-glass dyed black. It looks fine to my eye.

That's probably how I would do it.

That is to say, that's probably how I would have the gunsmith do it.

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Originally posted by gwindrider1:
Al, It may not be the way you would want to go, but I'll offer this option.

When I relocated the front sling stud on my CZ to the end of the forearm, I filled the hole with acra-glass dyed black. It looks fine to my eye.

+10

FWIW, when I went through this very exercise and I had a jewler engrave my intials on a thin, polished brass plate that was elongated and about 5/8 in long. I then had my wood working buddy inlet it over the hole left by the swivel. Looks great. If you plan to sell/trade it sometime in the future, I would have the jeweler engrave some cool pattern. Lou

This is what a friend did with his CZ stock.

OZ, that's what I'd like to do, but my wood working skills are . . . well, sub-par.

Here is one of my 30Ss.

and yes, my smith did it. Ebony inlay!

Keith

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Originally posted by Sevens:
OZ, that's what I'd like to do, but my wood working skills are . . . well, sub-par.

As you can see, there is plenty of room just to cut it off at the Swivel hole and just sand it back.
Shouldn't be to hard?

OZ, only problem is I don't own a saw.

Did you have the forend re-checkered after the ebony was installed?

Yes, my friend did get it re checkered.

On a .458 that I've since sold, I simply drilled the outer portion of the hole (about 1/4" deep) to 3/8" dia., cut an appropriate length off the bottom of a Hornady .375 bullet with a Dremel, polished it up real nice, and tapped it into place, just flush. It looked pretty good.

I have either filled them with black epoxy or a gloss-blued flathead screw of pleasingly rounded and smooth-polished contour, epoxied into the hole as a filler.

Tumbleweed has given me the idea to cut off a case head and inlay the proper headstamp to go with the rifle.

I like the 375 cartridge idea.

Well, I found my quick fix solution. Walnut colored wood filler. Not a perfect match, but it works. I'll put some sealant on it and it should work for all hunting sake. Should I decide to add an ebony tip later down the road (which I probably will), I can saw off the tip below my makeshift fix.

Thanks for the great ideas though guys!

Hog Killer,
I like that solution, it's attractive, but I must confess, I've never had a problem with a sling swivel stud on the forend and a barrel band. Maybe I just haven't been bit yet.