TreestandHermit
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Hey looking for some feedback as to what might have happened. I have a Marlin XL7 .270. A few months ago I bought a Boyd's thumbole laminated hardwood stock. I installed the stock, and glass bedded it to the receiver. The original synthetic stock had a contact pad built into it that contacted the barrel just shy of the end of the stock, so I attempted to duplicate this feature by bedding a small patch of glass in the same general location on the new wood stock. When completed, the bedding job looked good and everything fit well. Into the gun cabinet it went.
A few months later, I pulled the gun back out. The small contact patch at the end of the stock is no longer making contact with the barrel, something moved. The only thing I changed after bedding the stock to the receiver was the scope mount. I changed from the one piece mount that comes with the rifle to a two piece Leupold mount and rings.
Did taking the one piece mount off allow the receiver to "relax" and change the fit to the stock? Is that possible? Or did the stock somehow change shape while in storage? I keep it stored in a temperature and humidity controlled environment, neither of which is supposed to affect the laminated stocks ayway.
Any ideas? This was my first such project. Not sure what happened.
A few months later, I pulled the gun back out. The small contact patch at the end of the stock is no longer making contact with the barrel, something moved. The only thing I changed after bedding the stock to the receiver was the scope mount. I changed from the one piece mount that comes with the rifle to a two piece Leupold mount and rings.
Did taking the one piece mount off allow the receiver to "relax" and change the fit to the stock? Is that possible? Or did the stock somehow change shape while in storage? I keep it stored in a temperature and humidity controlled environment, neither of which is supposed to affect the laminated stocks ayway.
Any ideas? This was my first such project. Not sure what happened.