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Do any of you "professional" stock makers use a pressure point in the forearm of your 'light' barreled rifle stocks (Like a #2 contour)? | ||
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Pressure pads/points work well. As an example, Rem 700s are generally very accurate right out of the box and they use a pressure point. The bbls are about a number 3 contour. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Ya know I've read these debates and just stayed out of this till now. I think the "debate" is just stupid! Cause your rifle can tell you the truth, while the debate is just opinion or someone else's experience with a rifle that's NOT YOURS. OK so here's how I solve the queation: 1) Free float the barrel 2) Experiment with pressure points - I use an aluminum duct tape. It can be added, tried and moved or removed. So figure it out for yourself. That's much esaier than trying to wade through "the debate". ________ Ray | |||
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First I determine what a group count should be. The object to me ,for a hunting rifle any way, should be how the rifle shoots with a cold barrel for up to 3 shots. In over 60 years of hunting I have NEVER gotten over 3 shots at an animal other than shooting birds or prairie dogs. I then look at how heavy or better yet how stiff a barrel seems to be. A thin barrel heating up more quickly being my thinking. Over the years I have just come to bed everything fully from rear tang to forearm tip. I started using Devcon plastic steel to do this in 1958 and since Acraglas gel came out have used it. For me it has been remarkably successful. I have never seen a hot barrel climb DOWN only up. My thinking is with a fully bedded barrel you have no pressure in any direction so you introduce no stress into the barrel actually same as if you freefloat I suppose. In my theory this should make the impact climb as it gets hot since the bottom of the barrel is warmer than the top theoretically anyway. I would assume this is why the slots are put in some tactical type stocks to cool the bottom of the barrel. I just know I have been extremely lucky by fully glassing the barrel and action and it makes the inletting simpler also. Whatever works for you is what you should do. I certainly can't absolutely guarantee my way is perfect by any means. SCI Life Member NRA Patron Life Member DRSS | |||
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I wasn't trying to start a heated discussion or an argument, like the title says, Just Curious. I've been making stocks for 20 some years now, and fully realize there is no "one size fits all". I have seen some posts on other forums concerning fore arm pressure and the common answer seems to be "free float all, it's the only way to do it". I was just curious about what others, who deal with sporter weight barrels thought, not whether the practice is right, wrong or out dated. Send me a PM if you don't want to post. | |||
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