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Jerry45 · November 22, 2011, 01:16 AM

All you need to do is get a wooden doll and some medium to fine sandpaper. Rap the sand paper around the doll and sand the channel a little. Put the action back in, tighten it down and see if a dollar biller will slide “snugly” between the barrel and the stock. Repeat until the bill slides between the two. Take it slow, if you take out too much wood you’ve taken out too much. Won’t really hurt anything but might not look good. It’s pretty simple just takes a little time and patience. As the others have said, this IS called free-floating the barrel. If it’s not free-floated it WILL make contact and leaave black marks.

November 22, 2011, 01:16 AM	#12
Jerry45 Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2000 Location: Metairie, Louisiana Posts: 890	All you need to do is get a wooden doll and some medium to fine sandpaper. Rap the sand paper around the doll and sand the channel a little. Put the action back in, tighten it down and see if a dollar biller will slide “snugly” between the barrel and the stock. Repeat until the bill slides between the two. Take it slow, if you take out too much wood you’ve taken out too much. Won’t really hurt anything but might not look good. It’s pretty simple just takes a little time and patience. As the others have said, this IS called free-floating the barrel. If it’s not free-floated it WILL make contact and leaave black marks. __________________ Guns are not dangerous! People are! RKBA!