"Just When Ypou Thought It Safe To Go Back In The Water...."

[Son]

Yet another age old clanger comes from the flat earth society

I tried years ago to dispel this myth, even went to the trouble of putting together extensive photo lessons and quoting maintenance notes, but still "the beast" lives on through this fool and his followers...

The discussion was about a replacement stock set for a Lithgow No1... the resident x-spurt, (called fast robert or something like that) posted this...

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When you do find a replacement stock-set,make sure you do not have a stock bolt that is too long with your butt stock.
This can happen due the butt stock socket hole being a little too deep,washers missing from the bolt or the wood has dried out and shrunk over the last 70 years.
This is the most common expensive screw-up the owner does to destroy his forewood. The stock bolt when viewed with only the butt stock screwed down should extend beyond the receiver socket no more than two threads. More threads exposed will cause the end of the bolt to strike the back of the forewood and shatter the wood under recoil.
You can use steel washers to take up length inside the butt stock or grind down the bolt if you see this is a problem to shorten the bolt length. Stock bolts are cheap. Wood is not.
This video has nothing to do with the broken wood but he is very close to shattering his forwood due to the bolt protrusion.
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I can not count the times I've had to fix or try to find replacement woods for shooters rifles over the years with this very preventable problem.

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Got a good mind to go to the edge of the world and tip them all off!!!!

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