Sanding out part of a rifle stock ?

[Lloyd90]

On my 243 rifle stock the rifle sits slightly leaning to the left side :unsure: The first stock I had on it was much worse and they swapped it for a different stock, It looked fine at the time but lately It seems to be similar just not so bad.

 

Now what I'm wondering is can I take the stock off and sand a bit off down the length of the fore end without affecting the use of the rifle at all ?

 

I assume it would probally take some of the finish off and therefore I would need to sand the factory finish off, sand/file down a bit of wood from down the fore end where the barrel sits so there's a bit more space for it to be free floating, then re finish the stock with oil

 

Does this sound about right ? How hard do you think this would be ? cheers

[steve_b_wales]

I did the same with a BSA 22LR many years ago. I only had to take a fraction of wood off, so the barrel would float properly. I used elbow power and some various grades of sand paper. It looked okay in the end, and I just used a wood dye on the stock to finish it off. It was'nt difficult to do.

[Lloyd90]

I did the same with a BSA 22LR many years ago. I only had to take a fraction of wood off, so the barrel would float properly. I used elbow power and some various grades of sand paper. It looked okay in the end, and I just used a wood dye on the stock to finish it off. It was'nt difficult to do.

 

 

Cheers Steve mate, same as I was thinking of doing, bit of elbow greese I sent the rifle off today to be screw cut and got an ASE Utra Northstar Moderator for it, once I get it back will get the stock off and take a good look at it, then can re zero with my new mod