Question on a posable problem with my no1

[muffett.2008]

While you have the timber off, give us a shot of the draws square on.

[Rumpelhardt]

A quick job not the best

[NRA]

have you fired it? how is the accuracy?

[Rumpelhardt]

I haven't fired it yet. I was going to today but we have had about 4 inches of rain so hopefully next weekend.

[muffett.2008]

Thanks for that.
The action is favouring the right side, the draws are heavily marked here in relation to the left side.
The action when locked up is pulling down also on the right, as can be seen by the shot of the front receiver seating.
To my way of thinking, this means your barrel is pushed to the right of centre in the channel.
When the nosecap is fitted, it tries to pull the barrel to the left and down, as the major timber support for the nosecap is at the bottom, the tension created by the barrel twists the nosecap and subsequently, the fore end of the timber, which in time creates a permenant twist to the forewood.
The draw problem needs to be corrected first, once the bedding is correct and the barrel sitting square, all else corrects itself, the twist identified in your pic of the barrel channel, is not sufficiently extreme enough and if you ensure adaquate channel clearence up to the front timber bearing points, the twist will correct itself.
A soak of BLO will never go astray either.
.......just my thoughts, feel free to ignore them.

[RJW NZ]

Thanks for that.
The action is favouring the right side, the draws are heavily marked here in relation to the left side.
The action when locked up is pulling down also on the right, as can be seen by the shot of the front receiver seating.
To my way of thinking, this means your barrel is pushed to the right of centre in the channel.
When the nosecap is fitted, it tries to pull the barrel to the left and down, as the major timber support for the nosecap is at the bottom, the tension created by the barrel twists the nosecap and subsequently, the fore end of the timber, which in time creates a permenant twist to the forewood.
The draw problem needs to be corrected first, once the bedding is correct and the barrel sitting square, all else corrects itself, the twist identified in your pic of the barrel channel, is not sufficiently extreme enough and if you ensure adaquate channel clearence up to the front timber bearing points, the twist will correct itself.
A soak of BLO will never go astray either.
.......just my thoughts, feel free to ignore them.

Good to see a thoughtful reply on what is often passed over as a non event,the nosecap fit. Along with muffet.2008's suggestions here, just because its a very simple, non invasive check I'd first also look into whether the front cross screw is flogged out in the wood, and or if the rear nut is not sitting level when the screw is tight as someone else mentioned. It'd be shame to reshape warped wood only to find a mechanical answer after wood has been shaved or tweaked.

[Rumpelhardt]

Just some pictures of the nose cap area

The barrel seems to be bearing on the area circled.


The hole for the cross screw.