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    Gunsmithing bottom metal

    Re: bottom metal <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RADcustom</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: highspeedlowdrag</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Also, looks like you relieved the...
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    Gunsmithing bottom metal

    Re: bottom metal Hey RADcustom, wondering if you would mind letting me know what size screw you used in front of the trigger guard... 6-32? Also, looks like you relieved the area in front of the push button latch? Nice work on the bottom metal btw... Thanks, hsld.
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    Gunsmithing McMillan (Order) Stock Spec Help...?

    Re: McMillan (Order) Stock Spec Help...? Awesome. Thanks again wnroscoe. Regards, hsld.
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    Gunsmithing McMillan (Order) Stock Spec Help...?

    Re: McMillan (Order) Stock Spec Help...? So, given the unfinished M24/M40 blank has a 4" flat (at the breech), I should specify a 3" cylinder? Thanks much for the assistance wnroscoe... I want to make sure I've got it straight so I don't mess up my order. Cheers, hsld.
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    Gunsmithing McMillan (Order) Stock Spec Help...?

    Hey Guys, Wondering if anyone can help me out with this… I’m in the process of ordering a custom drop in stock from McMillan (an HTG for a Remington 700) and am having a difficult time nailing down the specs for the barrel contour inlet. When I spoke with one of the girls at McMillan, she...
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    Gunsmithing Williams ST (short tactical) bottom metal?

    Re: Williams ST (short tactical) bottom metal? Chucknelson, the information that you're quoting comes directly from Matt (of Williams Firearms). It was actually mentioned in a thread on here where he shed some light on the Short Tactical bottom metal - also known as the "Old Style" Williams...
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    M40a1 build guide

    Re: M40a1 build guide Don't know what type of threaded insert the original return stocks have in them, but I'm seriously looking at the possibility of having a brass insert installed into my stock. I was looking around on Ebay and found some threaded brass inserts (I think people use them...
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    M40a1 build guide

    Re: M40a1 build guide Wow! Thanks alot for the info guys - especially to you Dave for posting the pics. The new production stock I have looks pretty much like yours with regards to the bottom metal inlet. Guess I'll have to have my smith install the threaded insert when it finally comes...
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    M40a1 build guide

    Re: M40a1 build guide Thanks guys. A picture would be great Dave. I don't have a return stock, but I do have a new production stock made up to M40a1 spec, so I don't have the benefit of "reverse engineering" the assembly process. Jack, I do recall reading here about the thread pattern for...
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    M40a1 build guide

    Re: M40a1 build guide Hey guys, Just wondering if someone can tell me how the front screw on the trigger guard is secured to the stock. Do the spec builds have a steel insert put into the stock that the screw mates up with or does the screw just go directly into the stock (finger tight I...