RF BR Stock Project

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I just received an unfinished BR stock with a 3" forend inletted for an Anschutz 54 action. I am going to finish and pillar bed the stock myself and have a few questions.

How long should the flat forend portion be? Currently it is 11" long and looks kind of funny with my short barrel. There is only about 6" of barrel sticking out past the end of the stock. I was thinking about taking off 3 or 4" of the forend. I am shooting a Randolph rest, so only about 6" of the forend touches the rest.

I haven't made my pillars yet, so any advice is welcome. Currently the way things are inletted, my action screws aren't long enough. I guess what I will end up doing is counter sinking them with the pillars such that I can get contact.

The barrel channel isn't free floated for like the last 2" of the stock. Is it typical to have to go back and cut out the barrel channel to free float your barrel?

To seal my stock, will several coats of polyurethane do the trick?

I am a smallbore position shooter and this is going to be my first dedicated bench gun. I got a new position rifle and thought it would be fun to put my old barreled action in a BR stock.

Brian
 
How long is your barrel ? It might be to short for serious BR. Most barrels in BR are about 23"-24" long so the bullet has time to coast and be true without force behind it. Just my $ .02 cents worth.
 
The barrel is a Benchmark reverse taper 18.75" so its really short. Seems to shoot just fine though, I've shot several 250's with it off the bench in my position stock.

Brian
 
My Two Cents:

Do not Shorten the Stock - looking funny is secondary! (You can always do it later.)
Make sure your Barrel will free float along with your trigger before pillar bedding. Think Dry Run.
Plan on buying new hex head action screws and cutting them to length after pillar bedding.
You can cut off the heads of your current screws and use them to align your pillars when beading.
I make my pillars out of 5/8" brass rod. But most any metal will work.
 
Here is an interesting comment I read and seems to be good advice.

Don't cut your stock so the rifle is close to the balance point on the front rest, also remeber you will also probably add a tuner for a little more front end weight.

The idea if the rifle is close to the balence point on the front rest it could pick up the rear of the stock- off the rear bags when fired maybe making the rifle inconsistent. The idea made sense to me.
 
pillers

speedy metals a good place to buy piller stock 1/2 inch tube a little over 1/4 inch inside. he has no amount on orders. I bought alum. but he has everthing.
 
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