I am building a 7 X 57 on an intermeidate action and using a Shilen 26 inch #3 barrel. I have never installed one of the quarter ribs before and I guess I am looking for ideas, problems and such in mounting one. Are they screwed down or soldered?
Any assistance would be apprecated.

I've had one done for me and done one myself. I would highly suggest screwing it on followed by soldering it. Screwing it on is good enough, but neither of mine had a great fit. After the solder is applied you can use some Brownells solder black and hide the gap.

Personally I'm not a big fan of this product. It's a great idea, but poor execution.

Terry


Here is the better one of the two.

If you do a search on this furom you will find this has been brought up several times. There is no way to make a bolt-on quarter rib have any decent degree of fit. This is a job that must be done by hand. For the work it would take to make a Dakota rib fit, I would just start from scratch with a piece of 12L14 and make a Qrib.

This is one of those instances where if you can't do it from scratch, you can't do it. If you are interested in learning how to do it, then there are many folks here who can help you with the details. You will need a milling machine, scrapers, small hand grinder, and experience fitting metal parts together.

After fitting the rib, it will need to be secured to the barrel. All you need is one screw under the sight and some form of "stickyness." This can be either soft solder or adhesives.

Even if you did fit the Dakota rib to a barrel, then you would still need a milling machine to cut the rear sight dovetail. And of course you would need to drill and tap the barrel too. Dakota has 2 screw holes in the rib, but you only need one.

There is a reason that people charge a lot of money for a quarter rib. The average quarter rib costs more than the average new rifle. It is not something to tackle while one is still wet behind the ears in a gunmaking sense. Oooh oooh ooh! I just rememebred, Mr. Weibie has an excellent write up and pictures of him doing metal work, including Qrib, on the Searcy scholorship rifle in the sticky at the top of the page. I will warn you that he makes it look easy, so you must rememebr who is writing it. Mr. Wiebie has skill and experience far above and beyond most folks.

i think i remember greener said that, or words to the effect of, "on a rifle, the quarter rib may be soldered on, only after there are screws" ... since rifles flex alot under high pressure loads

the amount of time and skill to make it fit is inverse and squared to the closeness of the fit.

it is possible to mass produce a qrib, but one has to control the machining of both parts. When RNS had the first 10 550 barrels made, the qribs fit within .001, but were both made to high spec.

jeffe

I like the checkering pattern on that grip. Righteous!

Bill, that was the first thing I noticed too. Beautifull checkering pattern.

I had one installed on a rifle - when I test fit it to the barrel (Douglas #5 IIRC) the fit was decent. The smith I had final fit it was able to accomplish it for a very reasonable fee, < $100, which included:
-milling it down (too high as it comes from Brownells)
-cutting appropriate dovetail for the Dakota sight
-drilling two holes for screws and one for a Ruger #1 style pin which was then filed flush (I thought this necessary, he didn't - he was probably right). The screws were located in the dovetail recess, the pin over the largest part of the chamber.

More recently I have inquired about the product because I would like to fit one myself - I guess I will try it and find out.

PM me if you want the name of the smith that did it.

TC1 that is another slick looking rifle. Like the way the Talley butts up to the rear of the rib, and yes, I like the checkering pattern too. Simple, elegant.

TG

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Originally posted by Toomany Tools:
Bill, that was the first thing I noticed too. Beautifull checkering pattern.

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