Vertical stringing, hand guards?
Hello guys. My m1 strings vertically pretty bad, like 6-7 inch line of shots. I believe it to be the hand guards which have no space at the receiver or forfend for the piece of paper trick. They are tight. How do I remove the hand guards, does the sight base have to come off? I was thinking I could just shave a tiny amount off of them with a radial arm saw, like the tiniest bit and keep testing the fit along the way. Please advise, thank you.
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The cheapest possible channel router?
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onlycrimson
I was thinking I could just shave a tiny amount off of them with a radial arm saw, like the tiniest bit and keep testing the fit along the way. Please advise, thank you.
If the barrel channel is tight, you could buy yourself a channel router. Or just make a "Patrick's Patent Channel Router" from a Stanley Surform round blade and a piece of wood about 3/16" thick, like this:
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It is ideal for smoothing down a rough channel or shaving off high/tight spots, and produces a very fine finish. But a saw? Please not!
BTW, the object in the background is a Buffet-Crampon orchestral Bb clarinet. Not a student model. An A clarinet for refurbishment is hiding behind it. The wood slice is actually a piece of mature maple from which a blank was cut for a replacement key for a Viennese fortepiano. So you will understand why I cringe when I read of people doing terrible things like sticking their rifle stocks in the washing machine to clean them, or applying caustic soda and sandpaper. That is cruel and unusual punishment of a piece of precision-cut wood. But maybe some people like their barrel channels warped, quien sabe?
:wave:
Patrick