Psychlopath
December 17, 2009, 11:11 AM
Seeing the post asking about free floating barrels reminded me about a question that I have had for a number of years.
When I was 17, I built a custom 22 out of a stainless 10/22 that I'd given to my dad as a gift (I was so proud of myself...) and had recieved back when he'd passed.
At any rate, I decided (I wish I'd just left it now and bought another one to do this with...) that I needed something wonderful. So I went out and bought a kit from a company some of you may have heard of called Volquartzen.
I really thought it was a thing of beauty. I found issues with it, as I do with anything that seems like it cost more than I should have spent. For example, the coffee stock had a mis drilled hole in it where it was obvious the hole had been partially drilled in the wrong spot and then corrected. There was even a tiiiiiny red X in it. I was too excited to notice it when I'd picked it up, though.
Anyhow,back to the point: one of the things that I'd noticed is that the barrel was intended to NOT be free floating.
Can someone tell me why this is?
It's got a rubber bit near the end of the stock that can sort of be adjusted as to how much pressure it puts on the barrel by tightening or loosening a small allen screw.
It seems to go counter to the standard logic of being able to slide a bill between the stock and the steel.
Thanks for the input!
When I was 17, I built a custom 22 out of a stainless 10/22 that I'd given to my dad as a gift (I was so proud of myself...) and had recieved back when he'd passed.
At any rate, I decided (I wish I'd just left it now and bought another one to do this with...) that I needed something wonderful. So I went out and bought a kit from a company some of you may have heard of called Volquartzen.
I really thought it was a thing of beauty. I found issues with it, as I do with anything that seems like it cost more than I should have spent. For example, the coffee stock had a mis drilled hole in it where it was obvious the hole had been partially drilled in the wrong spot and then corrected. There was even a tiiiiiny red X in it. I was too excited to notice it when I'd picked it up, though.
Anyhow,back to the point: one of the things that I'd noticed is that the barrel was intended to NOT be free floating.
Can someone tell me why this is?
It's got a rubber bit near the end of the stock that can sort of be adjusted as to how much pressure it puts on the barrel by tightening or loosening a small allen screw.
It seems to go counter to the standard logic of being able to slide a bill between the stock and the steel.
Thanks for the input!