There is a question that the ladies on the order desk will always ask that seems to be causing some confusion and problems with our customers. It concerns the length of the straight cylinder section on a custom barrel. The barrel makers ship their blanks with a straight cylinder section at the breech end of various lengths. A Kreiger #5 ships with a 2.75" section, a Shilen may have a 3.0" 4.0" depending on contour, etc. A part of this is threaded to screw into the end of the action. For a Remington it's usually about .780", for a Defiance long tenon action it is about 1.4", etc. Also, a gunsmith may cut part of this off depending on the caliber and the weight the customer wants the rifle to weigh.
What we need to know to inlet the stock properly is the length of this straight cylinder section from the front end of the receiver to the first contour break where the barrel starts to taper Again this need to be measured from the front of the receiver (not the recoil lug) out to the first break in the contour. This is a optional length for the customer and/or gunsmith to decide. In all our action programming there is a location code called the G54 location which indicates the very front of the receiver. When we run the barrel channel we simply indicate on this G54 location and run the barrel channel from there. This way our barrel channel programs work with the actions like a Remington or Defiance which have a sandwitched recoil lug between the barrel and the receiver, and on actions like a Winchester or Sako which do not. Also, since the recoil lug recess is cut directly in front of this G54 location it doesn't matter what recoii lug thickness you use, from .187" to .375" it doesn't effect this "front of receiver to first break in contour" length.
We get quite a few stocks back where this length has been inletted too long because of customers not understanding what we are asking for and giving the wrong length. Refilling and re-inletting the barrel channel is costly, and if we ran it at the length the customer requested then we will usually charge them for it. I hope this helps smooth some of these problems out.
Thanks, Dick
What we need to know to inlet the stock properly is the length of this straight cylinder section from the front end of the receiver to the first contour break where the barrel starts to taper Again this need to be measured from the front of the receiver (not the recoil lug) out to the first break in the contour. This is a optional length for the customer and/or gunsmith to decide. In all our action programming there is a location code called the G54 location which indicates the very front of the receiver. When we run the barrel channel we simply indicate on this G54 location and run the barrel channel from there. This way our barrel channel programs work with the actions like a Remington or Defiance which have a sandwitched recoil lug between the barrel and the receiver, and on actions like a Winchester or Sako which do not. Also, since the recoil lug recess is cut directly in front of this G54 location it doesn't matter what recoii lug thickness you use, from .187" to .375" it doesn't effect this "front of receiver to first break in contour" length.
We get quite a few stocks back where this length has been inletted too long because of customers not understanding what we are asking for and giving the wrong length. Refilling and re-inletting the barrel channel is costly, and if we ran it at the length the customer requested then we will usually charge them for it. I hope this helps smooth some of these problems out.
Thanks, Dick
