I have tried taking deep sockets of different sizes wrapped with 60 grit sand paper to remove stock material. There has to be an easier way. Aer there different ways for synthetic and wood stocks?

You need to make or buy a barrel rasp and/or scrapers.

For synthetics?

Yep. Not the "sureform" style rasp but the one with steel discs. Syn stocks are a lot softer than wood. It will shave it right off.Put a wire edge on a pocket knife blade and run it down the channel and you'll see.

What bob said +1

Great. What is the best way to keep it straight? Also, do you guys add anything in the empty channel to give a uniform look under the barrel?

If you're doing an initial inlet-Milling machine.

The barrel channel scrapers will give you a uniform shape/contour compared to wrapping sand paper around a dowel/socket & getting the egg shaped cobblers/hackers look.

I've used the Jerry Fisher "lollipop" scrapers.

Look at Brownells MRAMASAY and you will see what they are talking about--specific tool for a specific job--like a nail for a trigger--

sorry, couldn't resist...seriously, your method will work, but the scraper tools are for the job!

I think Brownells calls it a barrel bedding tool. Get the one with the palm knob, it is much better. They cut wood and synthetic like butter.

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Originally posted by MRAMSAY10:
I have tried taking deep sockets of different sizes wrapped with 60 grit sand paper to remove stock material. There has to be an easier way. Aer there different ways for synthetic and wood stocks?

I use the spikes from a baseball home plate. They are 5" long and about the perfect diameter.

Fish,
I'm afraid that in 20 years I will still have absolutely NO credibility because of the nail Thanks for pouring more lemon juice on that papercut of mine.