Fore-end Butt socket contact accepted repair methods ( No.4 rifle)

[bow]

Good afternoon. Here we have spoken about draws/recoil lugs fitting, correct muzzle bearing requiring 3-7 pounds but... we never spoke about fore end butt socket contact. Was there an accepted military method to restore this important point?

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[Peter Laidler]

Yes........ When you repair the draws, they MUST draw (hence the word....) the fore-end rearwards to seat firmly against the front face of the butt socket

[bow]

But...For absurd. If i use draws repair to draw rearward the fore end.. main screw will go forward a little bit... the whole action will go forward just a little. So, i have to check all the bearing surface after repaired the draws.

[Peter Laidler]

I have patched dozens and dozens of draws and fore-ends Bow and you are basing your theory on false logic. If the draws are so worn that you have a sizeable gap between the butt socket and the fore-end that allows a degree of end-float, then patching the draws simply draws the fore-end rearwards again, back to how it was originally!

I have never encountered a great geometrical change between the fore-end and front trigger guard screw after patching. If this is the case with yours, then, thinking on my feet, it would indicate to me that the rear of the fore-end has been taken forward. Quite how you fix that is a matter of conjecture I feel.........

[bow]

Very clear, thanks.