I have this mint .280 mountain rifle with a Shilen trigger installed. When I tried to fit it to a so-called B&C TI drop in stock, thing went south. The stock has a bedding block and pillars. It seems the adjustment screw and lock nut on the front of the Shilen is hitting the bedding block. Should I just use a dremel on the block? I've never worked on one of these modern contraptions. Stoney

A mill would be a better option, but if you have a pedestal drill, maybe you could use one of these to drill a hole to clear it. If not, a dremel would be a last resort, but make sure you use a carbide bit and plenty of WD40 on the bit, if not, the aluminium will stick.

Cheers.

Yup. Just go in and cut it out. I use the mill because it's quick and it looks like it was done at the factory. But if all you have is a three legged, hermaphroditic beaver with an attitude, that will have to do.

Three legged, hermaphroditic beaver? That's funny. If I had one I would train it to make Mauser stocks.

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Three legged, hermaphroditic beaver? That's funny. If I had one I would train it to make Mauser stocks.

I dunno dpcd. Can you teach a three legged, hermaphroditic beaver with an attitude to sprechen deutsch?

Could I interest you in a nice, cross eyed, constipated owl with homosexual tendencies? You might have better luck with one of those ! he he he

Nope; those are endangered and you can't own them down here.

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Nope; those are endangered and you can't own them down here.

So no market for three peckered billy goats either?

If it was a hog, they would definitely be interested here in Iowa. Where the pigs out number people.

I don't have a mill but will try the drill press. Seems like a better idea than the dremel.

Only if you have a way to hold the stock immobile; otherwise you just have a way to make worse mistakes faster.

I think I would use the dremel before I tried to set it up in the drill press. Running end mills in a drill is not good practice unless your drill has collets and it takes a good bit of know how and experience to clamp something like a wood, plastic or composite stock in solid enough to actually do safe and accurate milling off the Z axis. I'm not saying it can't be done or that you can't do it. But for the time it takes to set it up I could do a half dozen with the dremel and if I finished the cut by hand with a file with some sand paper wrapped around it I could make it look pretty damned good.

I personally use a mill. But I'm working for other people, time is a factor and I have $80,000 worth of equipment to play with. On top of that, I would charge $100 minimum labor so when I'm done, it had better look like a million dollar job or some cowboy would end up wringing my neck.

ditto

Thanks guys. Dremel it is.