Re: Rem700 action in AICS 2.0
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bignada</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GRIM</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm taking it to the range today and will shoot and re-torque. Does the fact that you can shine light between the recoil lug and chassis face bother anyone other than me?? </div></div>
EXACTLY! I bought a hardly used 2.0 LA stock. The recoil slot fit was so sloppy the POS would not seat the magazine. I had pix of a .125" gage block in the gap. I tried mounting 3 different actions and a barreled action I had on hand at the time. All were no-goes. This did not "disturb" the guy I bought the stock from, who said it was perfect; but he did give me my money back.
The damn stocks are so damn heavy, I never looked for another.
Maybe you can shim the lug cut-out? The slot is fully machined through the aluminum forearm. Find the shim stock that fills the gap, and BE SURE the action seats magazines and feeds correctly before making a mod. JB Weld would probably hold any material or use it as you would epoxy.
This sort of shit should not happen on any $800 stock that fits only one action type, but there you are... </div></div>
where exactly in the lug recess did you fit the .125" gauge block, in front of the lug, behind the lug, under the lug? i am curious how a non-functioning stock could be hardly used. i would think it would be not used at all. did the previous owner have any problems with it? was the chassis modified? do you still have the picture?
shim stock is not going to fix anything in the op's situation. don't get me wrong, i would prefer full contact just because i am a perfectionist but if the lug is making contact at the top near the receiver, i doubt it would be detrimental to accuracy. the lug was designed to have enough surface area to push against a soft wood stock. when pushing against what i would assume to be 7075t6, i doubt it needs anywhere near the surface area available. now if the lug is only making contact at the bottom and daylighting at the top, i could certainly see that affecting accuracy as the lug flexed during recoil.