No4 butt srew seized! Tool help...

[Scout Sniper]

Quick question...?

So when the butt stock is screwed up tight there is still slight rotation of the stock in the socket. What would be the recommended path of repair. Or suitable packing material to shim it in place?

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[22SqnRAE]

So when the butt stock is screwed up tight there is still slight rotation of the stock in the socket. What would be the recommended path of repair. Or suitable packing material to shim it in place?

SS, the trick is, naturally, to remove the slack (tolerance) in the timber/steel fitting. The butt should be a near on interference fit into the socket. It should require a little 'persuasion' to bottom out and seat. If you can slip it on easily and still fell rotation al movement when its seated, without the bolt, stock, then you're too loose. If you tighten and drive the bolt, stock home to the limit of projection through the socket and [I]still[I] have rotation, then, Sir, you've got a problem.

The No 1 Mk 1 way to take up slack was with brown paper.

You can choose your shim material, but I'd be suggesting a trial of good quality photocopy paper (around 80 grammes per square metre or 0.26 oz per sq foot) in single, continuous strips that complete the circumference of the butt socket chamfer. If one sheet isn't enough, try two. Iteratively until you're happy that the butt is firmly wedged in the socket and won't move.

Paper, surprisingly, is the same material as the butt - wood. So any oils that seep in won't destroy it quickly.

There's one option for you to consider.

All the best.