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Originally posted by Jim Kobe:
If I am reading this correctly, the taper should not matter; just measure the barrel diameter where you want the sling swivel to fit and order one of the correct size and solder it on.

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Originally posted by J.D.Steele:
Looks mighty good so far!

Many barrel-band swivel bases aren't tapered at all, you must form the taper yourself when installing the band. We had a short discussion about this subject on this site a few weeks ago, and most agreed that the band needed to be tapered to match the barrel for best adhesion of whatever attaching medium you choose. It's easy to achieve this, simply wrap some coarse emery cloth around the front (smaller) part of the barrel and then slip the band over the emery cloth and begin rotating. The taper of the barrel will result in tapering the inside of the band, eventually.

At least one of us has found that simply using Black Max to hold an untapered band will result in the band slipping later.

I hesitantly offer one caveat about your choice of actions for your project. I've used several forms of these Yugo intermediate-length actions and I really like them, but have found that some of them have a somewhat off-center rear bridge hump. The scope mount holes are centered OK but they appear to be off-center because there's a big bulge in the rear bridge hump, usually on the left sloping side. I simply use a large mill file to even-up the sloped sides of the bridge hump since the off-center bulge appears to be extra metal that had been left by some fault in the shaping process. A simple fix for a problem that should never have occurred in an otherwise-OK action.
Regards, Joe

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Originally posted by thirdbite:
Where did the stock in the top picture come from or is it just an example? Where did the you get the actual stock pictured? Thanks.

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Originally posted by wildcat junkie:

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Originally posted by J.D.Steele:
Looks mighty good so far!

Many barrel-band swivel bases aren't tapered at all, you must form the taper yourself when installing the band. We had a short discussion about this subject on this site a few weeks ago, and most agreed that the band needed to be tapered to match the barrel for best adhesion of whatever attaching medium you choose. It's easy to achieve this, simply wrap some coarse emery cloth around the front (smaller) part of the barrel and then slip the band over the emery cloth and begin rotating. The taper of the barrel will result in tapering the inside of the band, eventually.

At least one of us has found that simply using Black Max to hold an untapered band will result in the band slipping later.

I hesitantly offer one caveat about your choice of actions for your project. I've used several forms of these Yugo intermediate-length actions and I really like them, but have found that some of them have a somewhat off-center rear bridge hump. The scope mount holes are centered OK but they appear to be off-center because there's a big bulge in the rear bridge hump, usually on the left sloping side. I simply use a large mill file to even-up the sloped sides of the bridge hump since the off-center bulge appears to be extra metal that had been left by some fault in the shaping process. A simple fix for a problem that should never have occurred in an otherwise-OK action.
Regards, Joe

The emory cloth method was one option I was considering.

About the mount bases.

These actions are dead nuts on as far as the scope base mounting surfaces. That is one thing I always check after having a rear bridge ground out of spec on 43 vintage JP Saur M98K I had worked on. The VZ500s I have are true to contour & the proper hieght for perfect paralel alignment of the rings.

Thanks for the heads up.

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Originally posted by thirdbite:
Where did the stock in the top picture come from or is it just an example? Where did the you get the actual stock pictured? Thanks.

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Originally posted by craigster:

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Originally posted by thirdbite:
Where did the stock in the top picture come from or is it just an example? Where did the you get the actual stock pictured? Thanks.

Midway had a closeout on those stocks and hardware 4 or 5 years ago. IIRC they were described as Fagen closeouts and were less than $75. I grabbed a couple, wish I had snagged a couple more when they were available.

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Originally posted by wildcat junkie:
I don't think Fajan made a semi inletted stock for the intermediate length large ring M98s.

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Originally posted by Masterifleman:
Check this out;

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx...REL_BAND_SWIVEL_BASE

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Originally posted by wildcat junkie:

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Originally posted by richj:
That looks like an older pic from GAG.

Nice

If by GAG you mean "Great American Gunstocks", no.

I had them make a semi inletted stock out of quarter sawn Black Walnut back in 2000 for my M98K that I chambered in 8mm/06 A.I..

Nope, this outfit did good work in a timely manner. Not like GAG.

I had to put a lot of pressure on GAG to get my stock done before deer season that year. I got a lot of excuses but when I threatened to dispute the credit card charges, he got off his A$$ & got my stock done.

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Originally posted by thirdbite:
Where did the stock in the top picture come from or is it just an example? Where did the you get the actual stock pictured? Thanks.